Connecting to Db2 or Db2 Warehouse

You can securely connect clients, applications, and users to the Db2 or Db2 Warehouse service in Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.

Clients
You can remotely catalog the Db2 or Db2 Warehouse database and connect your applications to the Db2 or Db2 Warehouse database server.
Managing users with LDAP in a Db2 or Db2 Warehouse on RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes cluster
Db2 or Db2 Warehouse ports and services
You can use the Db2 or Db2 Warehouse NodePort service or an external-facing Ingress Controller to connect applications to Db2 or Db2 Warehouse on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
Connecting to Db2 or Db2 Warehouse with a Red Hat OpenShift TLS route
You can set up an OpenShift TLS route to connect to the Db2 or Db2 Warehouse service on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes from a Db2 or Db2 Warehouse client.
Connecting to Db2 or Db2 Warehouse with a Kubernetes LoadBalancer
You can connect to a Db2 database in a cloud environment such as IBM Cloud, EKS, and Azure by using a Kubernetes Load Balancer.
Connecting clients to the HADR configuration
To connect to a Db2 or Db2 Warehouse high availability disaster recovery (HADR) configuration on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes, external clients can use the hostname and IP address of the master node and the NodePort service that is associated with the ${SVCENAME}-db2u-engn-svc service as you would in a non-HADR deployment.
Configuring TLS client connections with Db2 or Db2 Warehouse
Use transport layer security (TLS) to create secure connections from Db2 and Db2 Warehouse clients to the integrated database server deployed on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.

Parent topic: Db2 12.1 for Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes