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title: Weaviate
---


In order to use Weaviate as a vector database, set the environment variables `WEAVIATE_ENDPOINT` and `WEAVIATE_API_KEY` which you can find on [Weaviate dashboard](https://console.weaviate.cloud/dashboard).

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```python main.py
from embedchain import App

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

```yaml config.yaml
vectordb:
  provider: weaviate
  config:
    collection_name: my_weaviate_index
```
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