Anaconda Enterprise: Documentation

# Managing channels

- Adding a channel
- Making a channel active or inactive
- Deleting a channel

Channels are locations where Navigator and conda look for packages.

You can search and browse packages and channels on Anaconda Cloud.

NOTE: Navigator and conda only search for packages in active channels. You can temporarily disable a channel by making it inactive.

EXAMPLE: Let’s say you want to look for packages on the “Milagro” channel of Anaconda Cloud. All three of these channel variations will look for packages in the same place on Cloud:

- By URL–https://anaconda.org/milagro.
- By conda URL–https://conda.anaconda.org/milagro.
- By name–milagro.

On the Environment tab, click the Channels button to open the Channels Manager.

## Adding a channel

1. Click the Add button.

2. Type or paste the channel name, the URL, or the conda URL.

   NOTE: A URL can also contain an access token parameter and value. A URL will automatically be transformed to a conda URL.

3. Click the Save button.

## Making a channel active or inactive

Active channels are included when you search for packages and other assets.

All channels that are active in the conda configuration file `.condarc` are active by default in Navigator. So if you’re not used to thinking about channels, there’s no need to change the default.

Active channels show a check mark to the left of the channel name.

To make a channel active or inactive:

1. Select or clear the checkbox next to the channel name.
2. Click the Update Channels button.

## Deleting a channel

1. Click the trash can icon next to the channel name.
2. Click the Update Channels button.