Setting general connection properties

This section describes how to configure connection properties.

To add an Amazon RDS for SQL Server source endpoint to Qlik Replicate:

1. In the Qlik Replicate Console, 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 database. This can be any name that will help to identify the database being used.
3. In the Description field, type a description that helps to identify the Amazon RDS for SQL Server database. This is optional.

4. Select Source as the database role.

5. Select Amazon RDS for SQL Server as the database Type.

   Information note

   When this endpoint is used as a duplicated source in a Log Stream Staging setup, select the Read changes from log stream check box and then select the relevant Log Stream Staging task from the drop-down list.

   For information on setting up and managing Log Stream Staging tasks, see Using the Log Stream.

6. Specify the Server name. This is the host name or IP address of the computer with the Amazon RDS for SQL Server instance containing the source database.

   Information note

   To override the default port, add the port to the server name, separated by a comma. For example, if the server name is myserver.company.local and the port is 3333, then the server name should be entered like this:

   myserver.company.local,3333

7. Select Windows authentication (only relevant when Replicate is installed on Windows) or SQL Server authentication.

   If you select Windows authentication, the user credentials for the Windows domain will be used. This privilege must be configured in the Amazon RDS for SQL Server database by the system administrator. Note that this option is not relevant when Replicate Server is running on Linux.

   Information note

   When using Windows authentication, make sure that the user account that is associated with the Qlik Replicate Server service has Network read and write permissions. This must be configured by a Windows system administrator.

   See also Working with Windows authentication.

   If you select SQL Server authentication, type the Amazon RDS for SQL Server authentication information (User name, Password) for the authorized user for this Amazon RDS for SQL Server database. If you do not know this information, see your Amazon RDS for SQL Server System Administrator.

   To ensure that the password provided to Replicate is never used by any other principal, Replicate can be configured to automatically replace the user-entered password with a strong random password. For more information, see Configuring Replicate to Automatically Replace the User-Entered Password.

   Information note

   • This information is case sensitive.

   • To determine if you are connected to the database you want to use or if the connection information you entered is correct, click Test Connection.

     If the connection is successful a message in green is displayed. If the connection fails, an error message is displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.

     To view the log entry if the connection fails, click View Log. The server log is displayed with the information for the connection failure. Note that this button is not available unless the test connection fails.

   Information note

   Make sure that the Amazon RDS for SQL Server user has the correct access privileges. For information on how to provide the required privileges, see Required permissions.

8. Type the Database name or click Browse and select one from the list of available databases. This is the name of the database from where you are replicating the data.