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lang: en
title: 'Configuring DataSource'
keywords: LoopBack 4.0, LoopBack 4, Node.js, TypeScript, Connector, Datasource
sidebar: lb4_sidebar
permalink: /doc/en/lb4/Configuring-datasource.html
---

## Overview

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- how to configure the connector ( what properties the connector configuration
  might take
- how type maps ⚠️ should finish task https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/issues/5063
  - to database (Database Migration), e.g String -> Varchar, Boolean -> Tinyint
  - from database (Discovery), e.g Bigint -> int, Text -> String
- how to customize table/column names
- how to discover/migration tables/models
- list connector specific topics, e.g transaction, objectId, and read should check the corresponding connector pages.
- add links to connector reference
- Move https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/DataSources.html#creating-a-datasource-at-runtime from "Datasource"
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