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# Zilliz

Install related dependencies using the following command:

```bash  theme={null}
pip install --upgrade 'embedchain[milvus]'
```

Set the Zilliz environment variables `ZILLIZ_CLOUD_URI` and `ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN` which you can find it on their [cloud platform](https://cloud.zilliz.com/).

<CodeGroup>
  ```python main.py theme={null}
  import os
  from embedchain import App

  os.environ['ZILLIZ_CLOUD_URI'] = 'https://xxx.zillizcloud.com'
  os.environ['ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN'] = 'xxx'

  # load zilliz configuration from yaml file
  app = App.from_config(config_path="config.yaml")
  ```

  ```yaml config.yaml theme={null}
  vectordb:
    provider: zilliz
    config:
      collection_name: 'zilliz_app'
      uri: https://xxxx.api.gcp-region.zillizcloud.com
      token: xxx
      vector_dim: 1536
      metric_type: L2
  ```
</CodeGroup>

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