Amazon RDS for Oracle connection

To access your data in Amazon RDS for Oracle, create a connection asset for it.

Amazon RDS for Oracle is an Oracle relational database that runs on the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).

Supported Oracle versions and editions

  • Oracle Database 19c (19.0.0.0)

Create a connection to Amazon RDS for Oracle

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

  • Either the Oracle Service name or the Oracle System ID (SID) for the database.
  • Hostname or IP address of the database
  • Port number of the database. (Default is 1521)
  • SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

Select Server proxy to access the Amazon RDS for Oracle data source through a server proxy. Depending on its setup, a server proxy can provide load balancing, increased security, and privacy. The server proxy settings are independent of the authentication credentials and the personal or shared credentials selection. The server proxy settings cannot be stored in a vault.

  • Proxy hostname or IP address: The proxy URL. For example, https://proxy.example.com.
  • Server proxy port: The port number to connect to the proxy server. For example, 8080 or 8443.
  • The Proxy username and Proxy password fields are optional.

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 > Prepare data > Connect to a data source. 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 Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance

The Amazon RDS for Oracle connection cannot be created in a FIPS environment.

Amazon RDS for Oracle setup

To set up the Oracle database on Amazon, see these topics:

Limitations

The following limitation applies only when you use the Oracle connection to import metadata: If you want to validate the SSL certificate, the certificate must have either Subject or one of the SAN (Subject Alternative Names) parameters set to CN=<configured hostname>, otherwise hostname validation fails. The <configured hostname> placeholder represents the Hostname in SSL certificate value that is configured in IBM Knowledge Catalog.

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Amazon RDS for Oracle

Parent topic: Supported connections