Enabling users to use JDBC URLs stored in secrets
When a user creates a Generic JDBC connection, they must specify the JDBC URL of the data source. You can optionally enable users to use a JDBC URL this is stored in a secret in a vault.
- Who needs to complete this task?
- To complete this task, you must be either:
- A cluster administrator
- An instance administrator
- When do you need to complete this task?
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Complete this task only if you want to enable users to use JDBC URLs that are stored in secrets when they create Generic JDBC connections. For example, you might want to use JDBC URLs that are stored in secrets to protect any sensitive data in the JDBC URLs.
You can complete this task anytime after Cloud Pak for Data is installed. However, it is recommended that you complete this task before you give users access to the web client.
Before you begin
Ensure that you source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task.
About this task
Common core services The Generic JDBC connector is available only if the common core services are installed.
An instance administrator can edit the common core services custom resource to set wdp_connect_connection_enable_jdbc_url_for_vaulting
to true
.