Amazon RDS for Oracle connection

To access your data in Amazon RDS for Oracle, create a connection asset for it.

Amazon RDS for Oracle is an Oracle relational database that runs on the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).

Supported Oracle versions and editions

Oracle Database 19c (19.0.0.0)
Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1)
Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)

Create a connection to Amazon RDS for Oracle

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

Either the Oracle Service name or the Oracle System ID (SID) for the database.
Hostname or IP address of the database
Port number of the database. (Default is 1521)

SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

Select Server proxy to access the Amazon RDS for Oracle data source through a server proxy. Depending on its setup, a server proxy can provide load balancing, increased security, and privacy. The server proxy settings are independent of the authentication credentials and the personal or shared credentials selection. The server proxy settings cannot be stored in a vault.

Proxy hostname or IP address: The proxy URL. For example, https://proxy.example.com.
Server proxy port: The port number to connect to the proxy server. For example, 8080 or 8443.
The Proxy username and Proxy password fields are optional.

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

In a project: Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. 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 Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets 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

Projects

You can use Amazon RDS for Oracle connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Data quality rules (IBM Knowledge Catalog). See Supported data sources for curation and data quality.
Data Refinery (Watson Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog)
DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
Decision Optimization (Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning)
Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog). See Supported data sources for curation and data quality.
SPSS Modeler (Watson Studio)

Catalogs

Platform assets catalog
Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

Note:
Preview, profile, and masking are not certified for this connection in IBM Knowledge Catalog.

Watson Query service: You can connect to this data source from Watson Query.

Amazon RDS for Oracle setup

To set up the Oracle database on Amazon, see these topics:

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Amazon RDS for Oracle

Parent topic: Supported connections