Setting general connection parameters

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 a Snowflake on AWS target endpoint to Qlik Replicate:

1. In the Qlik Replicate Console, click Manage Endpoint Connections to open the Manage Endpoints Connections dialog box.
2. In the Manage Endpoint Connections dialog box, click New Endpoint Connection.
3. In the Name field, specify a name for your Snowflake on AWS endpoint.
4. Optionally, in the Description field, enter a description for the Snowflake on AWS target endpoint.

5. Select Target as the role.

6. Select Snowflake on AWS as the Type.

7. Configure the remaining settings in the General tab as described in the table below.

   • Snowflake on AWS Target:
     • Snowflake Account/Host: Your URL for accessing Snowflake on AWS.
     • User name: Your Snowflake user name.
     • Password: The password for the user entered in the User name field.
     • Warehouse: The name of your Snowflake warehouse.
     • Database name: The name of your Snowflake database.
   • Staging - Choose either Snowflake or AWS S3.
     If you selected AWS S3, provide the following information:
     • Bucket name: The name of the Amazon S3 bucket to where the files will be copied.
     • 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

     • Access type: Choose one of the following:
       • Key pair - Choose this method to authenticate with your Access Key and Secret Key. Then provide the following additional information:
         • Access key: Type the access key information for Amazon S3.
         • Secret key: Type the secret key information for Amazon S3.
       • 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. Then provide the following additional information:
         • External stage name: The name of your external stage. To use the IAM Roles for EC2 access type, you must create an external stage that references the S3 bucket.

         To use the IAM Roles for EC2 access method, you also need to fulfill the prerequisites described in Prerequisite for using the IAM Roles for EC2 Access Type.

     • Folder: The bucket folder to where the files will be copied.

Prerequisite for using the IAM Roles for EC2 Access Type

To use the IAM Roles for EC2 access type, you must run the following commands on the Snowflake on AWS database before running the task:

Command 1:

create or replace file format MY_FILE_FORMAT TYPE='CSV' field_delimiter=','compression='GZIP' record_delimiter='\n' null_if=('attrep_null') skip_header=0 FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY='\"';

Command 2:

create or replace stage “PUBLIC”.MY_S3_STAGE file_format=MY_FILE_FORMAT url='s3://MY_STORAGE_URL' credentials=(aws_role='MY_IAM_ROLE');

Where:

MY_FILE_FORMAT - Can be any value.

MY_S3_STAGE - The name specified in the External stage name field above.

MY_STORAGE_URL - The URL of your Amazon S3 bucket

MY_IAM_ROLE - Your IAM role name.