Setting general connection properties

This section describes how to configure general connection properties. For an explanation of how to configure advanced connection properties, see Setting advanced connection properties.

To add an Amazon S3 target endpoint to Qlik Replicate:

1. In Tasks view, click Manage Endpoint Connections to open the Manage Endpoints Connections dialog box. Then click the New Endpoint Connection button. For more information on adding an endpoint to Qlik Replicate, see Defining and managing endpoints.
2. In the Name field, type a name for your endpoint. This can be any name that will help to identify the endpoint being used.
3. Optionally, in the Description field, type a description that helps to identify the endpoint.
4. Select Target as the endpoint role.
5. Select Amazon S3 as the endpoint Type.

6. Configure the remaining settings in the General tab as described below.

   Amazon S3 Storage

   This section describes the Amazon S3 storage options.

   Bucket name

   The name of your Amazon S3 bucket.

   Bucket region

   The region where your bucket is located. It is recommended to leave the default (Auto-Detect) as it usually eliminates the need to select a specific region. However, due to security considerations, for some regions (for example, AWS GovCloud) you might need to explicitly select the region. If the region you require does not appear in the regions list, select Other and specify the code in the Region code field.

   For a list of region codes, see the Region availability section in:

   https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html

   Use AWS PrivateLink

   Select this to connect to an Amazon VPC and then specify the VPC Endpoint URL (for example, https://bucket.vpce-1a2b3c4d-5e6f.s3.us-east-1.vpce.amazonaws.com).

   Access options

   Choose one of the following:

   • Key pair

     Choose this method to authenticate with your Access Key and Secret Key.

   • IAM Roles for EC2

     Choose this method if the machine on which Qlik Replicate is installed is configured to authenticate itself using an IAM role.

     For more information about this access option, see:

     http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html

   • Security Token Service (STS)

     Choose this method to authenticate using SAML 2.0 with Active Directory Federation Services.

     For more information about this access option, see:

     https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_saml.html

   Access key

   The access key information for Amazon S3.

   Information noteThis option is only available when Key pair is the access option.

   Secret key

   The secret key information for Amazon S3.

   Information noteThis option is only available when Key pair is the access option.

   ADFS URL

   The URL to an Active Directory Federation Services page, responsible for returning a SAML claims document to be sent over to AWS.

   Information noteThis option is only available when Security Token Service (STS) is the access option.

   AD principal name

   The principal (user) name to use when identifying against ADFS

   The format should be: user.name@domain

   Information noteThis option is only available when Security Token Service (STS) is the access option.

   AD principal password

   The principal password to use when identifying against ADFS

   IdP ARN

   The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Active Directory issuing the SAML claims document. This is required as it enables AWS to identify the signer of the SAML document and verify its signature.

   SAML Role ARN

   The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the specific role the returned credentials should be assigned.

   Switch role after assuming SAML role

   Use this option to switch role after authentication.

   For more information, see:

   https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_common-scenarios_aws-accounts.html

   When this option is selected, the following information is required:

   • Role ARN

     The ARN associated with the target role.

   • Role external ID

     The value of the external ID condition in the target role’s trust policy.

   Target folder

   The target folder in your Amazon S3 bucket.

   File Attributes

   Delimiters can be standard characters or a hexadecimal (hex) value. Note that the "0x" prefix must be used to denote a hexadecimal delimiter (e.g. 0x01 = SOH). In the Field delimiter, Record delimiter and Null value fields, the delimiter can consist of concatenated hex values (e.g. 0x0102 = SOHSTX), whereas in the Quote character and Escape character fields, it can only be a single hex value.

   The hexadecimal number 0x00 is not supported (i.e. only 0x01-0xFF are supported).

   Format

   You can choose to create the target files in CSV or JSON, or Parquet format.

   In a JSON file, each record is represented by a single line, as in the following example:

   { "book_id": 123, "title": "Alice in Wonderland", "price": 6.99, "is_hardcover": false }

   { "book_id": 456, "title": "Winnie the Pooh", "price": 6.49, "is_hardcover": true }

   { "book_id": 789, "title": "The Cat in the Hat", "price": 7.23, "is_hardcover": true }

   See also: Content-type and content-encoding properties.

   Information noteChanging the format (for example, from CSV to JSON or from JSON to CSV) while the task is in a stopped state and then resuming the task, is not supported.

   Information noteIf you choose JSON or Parquet format , the following fields will be hidden as they are only relevant to CSV format: Field delimiter, Record delimiter, Null value, Quote character, Escape character, and Add metadata header.

   For information about data type mappings when using Parquet format and limitations, see Mapping from Qlik Replicate data types to Parquet and Limitations and considerations.

   Field delimiter

   The delimiter that will be used to separate fields (columns) in the target files. The default is a comma.

   Example using a comma as a delimiter:

   "mike","male"

   Record delimiter

   The delimiter that will be used to separate records (rows) in the target files. The default is a newline (\n).

   Example:

   "mike","male"\n
   "sara","female"\n

   Null value

   The string that will be used to indicate a null value in the target files.

   Example (where \n is the record delimiter and @ is the null value):

   "mike","male",295678\n
   "sara","female",@\n

   Quote character

   The character that will be used at the beginning and end of a text column. The default is the double-quote character ("). When a column that contains column delimiters is enclosed in double-quotes, the column delimiter characters are interpreted as actual data, and not as column delimiters.

   Example (where a @ is the quote character):

   @mike@,@male@

   Quote escape character

   The character used to escape a quote character in the actual data. The default is the double-quote character (").

   Example (where " is the quote character and \ is the escape character):

   1955,"old, \"rare\", Chevrolet","$1000"

   Add metadata header

   When the target storage format is set to Text, you can optionally add a header row to the data files. The header row can contain the source column names and/or the intermediate (i.e. Replicate) data types.

   Example of a target file with a header row when both With column names and With data types are selected:

   Position:DECIMAL(38,0),Color:VARCHAR(10)

   1,"BLUE"

   2,"BROWN"

   3,"RED"

   ...

   Maximum file size

   The maximum size a file can reach before it is closed (and optionally compressed). This value applies both to data files and to Reference Files.

   For information on generating reference files, see Setting advanced connection properties.

   Compress files using

   Choose one of the compression options to compress the target files or NONE (the default) to leave them uncompressed. Note that the available compressions options are determined by the selected file format.

   Change Processing

   This section describes conditional settings in Change Processing.

   Apply/Store changes when

   • File size reaches: Specify the maximum size of Change Data to accumulate before uploading the file to Amazon S3.
   • Elapsed time reaches: Elapsed time reaches x.

   Metadata files

   This section describes the Metadata files option.

   Create metadata files in the target folder

   When this option is selected, for each data file, a matching metadata file with a .dfm extension will be created under the specified target folder. The metadata files provide additional information about the task/data such as the source endpoint type, the source table name, the number of records in the data file, and so on.

   For a full description of the metadata file as well as possible uses, see Metadata file description .

   Data encryption

   This section describes the Data encryption options.

   Choose one of the following:

   • Server-Side Encryption with Amazon S3-Managed Keys (SSE-S3). This is the default.

   • Server-Side Encryption with AWS KMS-Managed Keys (SSE-KMS)

     This option also requires you to specify your KMS Key ID.

     For more information on the available server-side encryption methods, see:

     http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/serv-side-encryption.html

   • None
7. To determine if the connection information you entered is correct, click Test Connection. If the connection test is successful, click Save.