IBM Db2 on Cloud connection
To access your data in Db2 on Cloud, create a connection asset for it.
Db2 on Cloud is an SQL database that is managed by IBM Cloud and is provisioned for you in the cloud.
Create a connection to Db2 on Cloud
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
- Username and password
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
In a project Click Add to project > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog
Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space
Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add data assets from the connection
Where you can use this connection
You can use Db2 on Cloud connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Analytics projects
- Cognos Dashboards (Watson Studio)
- Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
- DataStage (DataStage service)
- Metadata import (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
- Notebooks (Watson Studio). Use the insert-to-code function to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
- SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)
Catalogs
- Platform assets catalog
- Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.
Db2 on Cloud setup
Getting started with Db2 on Cloud
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Db2 on Cloud documentation for the correct syntax.
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Parent topic: Supported connections