Federation server enhancements

Db2 11.5 provides enhanced access to data sources in a Federation Server environment.

Enhancement	Description
Technical Preview: Access to Blockchain data sources is now possible for Db2 Federation Server	Db2 Federation Server now provides access to Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain data sources. Hyperledger Fabric is an open source, enterprise ready, permissioned Blockchain (distributed ledger) implementation. Using the new Federation server Fabric wrapper, users can access block and transaction business and operational data stored on a remote instance of Fabric. This data is stored in a relational format that can be processed using SQL. For more information see Configuring access to Blockchain data sources through the Fabric wrapper Attention: This feature is presented in Db2 11.5 as a technical preview. It is intended for testing purposes in non-production Db2 environments only.

Enhancement

Description

Technical Preview: Access to Blockchain data sources is now possible for Db2 Federation Server

Db2 Federation Server now provides access to Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain data sources. Hyperledger Fabric is an open source, enterprise ready, permissioned Blockchain (distributed ledger) implementation. Using the new Federation server Fabric wrapper, users can access block and transaction business and operational data stored on a remote instance of Fabric. This data is stored in a relational format that can be processed using SQL.

For more information see Configuring access to Blockchain data sources through the Fabric wrapper

Attention: This feature is presented in Db2 11.5 as a technical preview. It is intended for testing purposes in non-production Db2 environments only.