# How to connect to cTrader

It's assumed that a connection to cTrader has already been configured in the B2CORE Back Office by the admin who is assigned the permissions to manage external connections and platforms.

To configure a cTrader connection to an IB instance, do the following:

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Navigate to **Introducing Brokers** > **Platforms** > **Platforms**.
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Click **Create** and fill in the following fields:

* **Provider** — select **cTrader** from the dropdown.
* **Platform** — select **cTrader** from the dropdown.
* **Name** — specify the platform name.
  {% endstep %}

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Click **Save** to apply the changes.
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Click the **Edit** button located in the row of the newly created cTrader platform.

The **Preferences** tab displays the cTrader configuration settings specified when a connection to this platform was set up in the B2CORE Back Office.
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Switch to the **Drivers** tab and click **Create**.
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Configure a connection to a synchronizer database.\
This is a MySQL database that stores the data collected from the cTrader platform.

To establish the connection, fill in the following fields:

* **Provider** — select **PDO** from the dropdown.
* **Name** — specify the name of a synchronizer database.
* **Server** — specify the address of a synchronizer database.
* **Login** — enter the username for connecting to a synchronizer database.
* **Password** — enter the password for connecting to a synchronizer database.
* **Version** — specify the version of a synchronizer connection driver. The currently supported version is `3`.
  {% endstep %}

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Click **Save** to connect the **cTrader** platform to an IB instance.
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