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IBM Db2 Event Store connection

IBM Db2 Event Store connection

To access your data in IBM Db2 Event Store, create a connection asset for it.

Db2 Event Store is a data store designed to rapidly ingest and analyze streamed data for event-driven applications (such as applications built for the Internet of Things).

Important: The Db2 Event Store connection is deprecated and will be removed in a future update of Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

Supported versions

IBM Db2 Event Store 2.0.0 or later

Create a connection to Db2 Event Store

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

  • Hostname or IP address
  • Port number
  • Username and password
  • SSL certificate (if required by your database server)

For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project
Click Assets > New asset > Data access tools > Connection. 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 Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use Db2 Event Store connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog
  • Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
Watson Query service
You can connect to this data source from Watson Query.

Db2 Event Store setup

Install and set up IBM Db2 Event Store Standalone/IBM Watson Studio deployment

Restrictions

For Data Refinery, you can use this connection only as a source. You cannot use this connection as a target connection or as a target connected data asset.

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the SQL reference topics in the Db2 Event Store documentation for the correct syntax.

Learn more

Db2 Event Store product documentation

Parent topic: Supported connections

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