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IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL connection
To access your data in IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL, create a connection asset for it.
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database that is highly customizable. It’s a feature-rich enterprise database with JSON support.
Create a connection to IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address of the database
- 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 Assets > New asset > Data access tools > 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 IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Projects
- Cognos Dashboards (Watson Studio)
- DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
- 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)
- Watson Query service
- You can connect to this data source from Watson Query.
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL setup
Restriction
For SPSS Modeler, you can use this connection only to import data. You cannot export data to this connection or to an IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL connected data asset.
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL documentation for the correct syntax.
Learn more
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL documentation
Parent topic: Supported connections