<commit_before>---
title: Manual Linking
---

(See [Links](links.html) and [Link properties](links-properties.html) for an introduction.)

<p class="note">Note: This feature is available with bosh-release v?+.</p>

For components/endpoints that are not managed by the Director or cannot be linked, operator can explicitly specify full link details in the manifest. This allows release authors to continue exposing a single interface (link) for connecting configuration, instead of exposing adhoc job properties for use when link is not provided.
<commit_msg>Update manual linking version support<commit_after>---
title: Manual Linking
---

(See [Links](links.html) and [Link properties](links-properties.html) for an introduction.)

<p class="note">Note: This feature is available with bosh-release v256+.</p>

For components/endpoints that are not managed by the Director or cannot be linked, operator can explicitly specify full link details in the manifest. This allows release authors to continue exposing a single interface (link) for connecting configuration, instead of exposing adhoc job properties for use when link is not provided.

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