# `TiDB Lightning`: Task Parameters for Target `TiDB` Cluster

__*zz-Issue-status-port*__

+ Section: **`[tidb]`**
+ Parameters: 
  + **`host`**: `TiDB` server resolvable name or address
  + **`port`**: `TiDB` server port
  + **`user`**: `TiDB` user to execute the import task
  + **`password`**: User password 
  + **`status-port`**: Table schema information is fetched from `TiDB` via this status-port
  + **`pd-addr`**: Any alive Placement Driver (PD) server
+ For example, for the local `TiUP Playground`
```
[tidb]
host = "127.0.0.1"
port = 4000
user = "root"
password = ""
status-port = 10080
pd-addr = "127.0.0.1:2379"
```

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