---
id: "alibaba-milvus"
type: "component"
kind: "vector-database"
provider: "alibabacloud"
category: "data"
docs: "https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/milvus"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-milvus"
---

# Alibaba Cloud Milvus

Managed Milvus vector database holding collections of embeddings with approximate nearest-neighbour search.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [alibabacloud](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=alibabacloud) |
| Kind | [Vector database](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/vector-database) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/milvus](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/milvus) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `deploymentMode` | enum | `cluster`, `standalone` | no | — | inherited |
| `dimensions` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `distanceMetric` | enum | `cosine`, `euclidean`, `dot-product` | no | — | inherited |
| `hybridSearch` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `indexType` | enum | `flat`, `hnsw`, `ivf`, `disk-ann`, `lsh` | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `metadataFiltering` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `namespaces` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `quantization` | enum | `none`, `scalar`, `product`, `binary` | no | "none" | inherited |
| `replicas` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "alibaba-milvus", component: "alibaba-milvus" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Alibaba Cloud Milvus: managed Milvus, the open-source vector database, holding collections of
# embeddings with an approximate nearest-neighbour index and scalar filters ("What is Milvus").
# Index type, metric and dimension are chosen per collection, so none is defaulted.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "alibaba-milvus"
kind: "vector-database"
provider: "alibabacloud"
docs: "https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/milvus"
defaults:
  managed: true
  metadataFiltering: true
properties:
  deploymentMode:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["cluster", "standalone"]
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-milvus