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Connect to Greenplum

Let's configure the Greenplum connection properties to connect to Greenplum.

Before you begin

Before you get started, be sure to complete the prerequisites.
Check out Prerequisites to learn more about the authentication prerequisites and other tasks that you must perform.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Type
Greenplum
Use Secret Vault
Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
This property is not supported by Data Ingestion and Replication.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
You can specify a Secure Agent, Hosted Agent, or serverless runtime environment.
Host Name
Host name or IP address of the Greenplum server.
Port
Greenplum server port number. If you enter 0, the gpload utility reads from the environment variable $PGPORT. Default is 5432.
Database
Name of the Greenplum database.
Schema
Name of the schema that contains the metadata for Greenplum sources or targets.
Default is public.

Authentication types

You can configure Database or Kerberos authentication types to connect to the Greenplum database.
Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.