IBM Db2 Hosted connection
To access your data in an IBM Db2 Hosted database, create a connection asset for it.
IBM Db2 Hosted is a hosted Db2 database service.
Create a connection to Db2 Hosted
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
For Credentials, 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 Hosted connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Analytics projects
- 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 Hosted setup
Restrictions
- For Data Refinery, you can use this connection only as a source. You cannot use this connection as a target connection or as a target connected data asset.
- For SPSS Modeler, you can use this connection only to import data. You cannot export data to this connection or to a Db2 Hosted connected data asset.
Parent topic: Supported connections