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
- Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
- DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
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