IBM Db2 Event Store connection

To access your data in IBM Db2 Event Store, create a connection asset for it.

Db2 Event Store is a data store designed to rapidly ingest and analyze streamed data for event-driven applications (such as applications built for the Internet of Things).

Supported versions

IBM Db2 Event Store 2.0.0 or later

Create a connection to Db2 Event Store

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

• Hostname or IP address
• Port number
• Username and password
• SSL certificate (if required by your 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

• See Add data from a connection in a project.
• See Add data from a connection in a catalog.

Where you can use this connection

You can use Db2 Event Store connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Analytics projects

• Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
• DataStage (DataStage)
• 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.

Catalogs

• Platform assets catalog
• Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.

Db2 Event Store setup

Install and set up IBM Db2 Event Store Standalone/IBM Watson Studio deployment

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.

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Db2 Event Store documentation for the correct syntax.

Learn more

Db2 Event Store product documentation

Parent topic: Supported connections