Registering an external engine

Some engines cannot be directly provisioned in IBM® watsonx.data. Such engines can be registered and used for querying data.

You can register the following engines:
  • IBM Spark
    Note: For more information about registering Spark as an external engine, see Adding a Spark engine.
  • IBM Db2 Warehouse
  • IBM Netezza
  • Other

watsonx.data on Red Hat® OpenShift®

About this task

To register external engines, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Log in to watsonx.data console.
  2. From the navigation menu, select Infrastructure Manager.
  3. Click Add component. Select the required from the Engines section and click Next.
  4. In the Add component window, enter the details based on the engine that you selected.
    IBM Db2 Warehouse

    For IBM Db2 Warehouse, configure the following details:

    Field Description
    Display name Enter your compute engine name.
    Instance URL Enter the console URL for IBM Db2 Warehouse.
    Complete watsonx.data configuration External engines require extra watsonx.data configuration. For more information, see How to configure watsonx.data in IBM Db2 Warehouse.
    Confirmation checkbox Select the confirmation checkbox to confirm complete configuration.
    IBM Netezza

    For IBM Netezza, configure the following details:

    Field Description
    Display name Enter your compute engine name.
    Instance URL Enter the console URL for IBM Netezza.
    Complete watsonx.data configuration External engines require extra watsonx.data configuration. For more information, see How to configure watsonx.data in IBM Netezza.
    Confirmation checkbox Select the confirmation checkbox to confirm complete configuration.
    Other

    For Other, configure the following details:

    Field Description
    Type Enter your engine type.
    Display name Enter your engine name.
    Instance URL Enter your instance URL.
    Complete watsonx.data configuration External engines require extra watsonx.data configuration to query watsonx.data catalogs. For more information, see your engine's documentation.
    Confirmation checkbox Select the confirmation checkbox to confirm complete configuration.
  5. Click Create.

    Related API: For information on related API, see