Connecting to data sources

Stream your data for analysis by connecting your data sources to IBM Guardium® Insights. You can add one or more connections to your data sources, native activity logs, or Event Streams.

Before you begin

Make sure that Guardium Insights supports your data source. For more information, see Version 3.4.x and later Data source platform streaming support or Version 3.3.xData source platform streaming support.

About this task

If you are connecting to data sources for the first time, Guardium Insights guides you through your first connections as part of the getting started experience. To add more data sources (or work with data sources that are already defined), click Connections in the main menu. Open this menu by clicking the main menu icon ())

1. Click Add connection to open the Connect new data source page. The Connect new data source page lists the currently supported data sources.
2. Select the data source to which you want to connect. A window opens to help you initiate the connection.
3. Select data source environment: Select the environment that hosts your data source.
4. Select connection method: Select the type of connection that you want to create.
5. Other options: If your data source requires more options, select them here.
6. The remainder of the window provides Additional information about the connection type.
7. After you read the Additional information, select the data source to which you want to connect:
   • Universal connector - For more information about how to configure and use universal connectors, see Connecting to data sources by using the universal connector.
   • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Discover Streams - Select Discover Streams from the Other options list, and then click Configure to create the AWS connection as described in Connecting to Amazon Web Services (AWS) by discovering streams.
   • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Select Manually from the Other options list, and then click Configure to create the AWS connection as described in Connecting to Amazon Web Services (AWS) by manually adding a stream.
   • Azure Event Hubs - Click Configure and then create the Azure connection as described in Connecting to Azure Event Hubs.

What to do next

After you add a data source, it is scanned almost immediately. You manage your connections and connection credentials from the Connections page.

• To delete a connection, click the connection checkbox and then click Remove in the banner that opens. You can select multiple connections to remove.
• To edit a connection, select its Connection name link in the table. A window opens from which you can Enable or Disable the connection. In addition, you can see the status of the connection or click to change the configuration for that connection. When you are done, click Save to save your changes and rescan the connection.
• To download a CSV list of the connections in the table, click . A list of the connections currently in the table is exported - it does not include any that are filtered out.
• To refresh the list of connections, click Refresh.
• You can filter connections by opening the Filter window (select the filter criteria and then click Apply filters).
• To customize the columns in the table, click Customize columns. Then, under Customize columns, select the columns that you want to display in the table - and drag the columns to reorder them. Click Done when you finish.