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Use the serverless runtime environment

You can use a serverless runtime environment hosted on AWS or Azure to connect to ODBC-compliant databases.
Before you configure an ODBC connection using the serverless runtime environment, perform the following tasks:
Add the ODBC drivers in the Amazon S3 bucket or Azure container in your AWS or Azure account
Perform the following steps to use a serverless runtime environment in an ODBC connection:
  1. 1Create the following structure for the serverless agent configuration in AWS or Azure: <Supplementary file location>/serverless_agent_config
  2. 2Add the ODBC drivers in the Amazon S3 bucket or Azure container in the following location in your AWS or Azure account: <Supplementary file location>/serverless_agent_config/ODBC
Configure the .yml serverless configuration file
Perform the following steps to configure the .yml serverless configuration file in the serverless runtime environment:
  1. 1Copy the following code snippet to a text editor and specify the driver file names and DSN entries:
  2. version: 1
    agent:
    dataIntegrationServer:
    autoDeploy:
    odbc:
    drivers:
    - fileCopy:
    sourcePath: ODBC/<Driver_file name>
    - fileCopy:
    sourcePath: ODBC/<Driver_file name>
    dsns:
    - name: "<Name of the ODBC database>"
    entries:
    - key: Driver
    value: <Driver_file name>
    - key: Description
    value: "<Description of the driver>"

    where the source path is the directory path of the ODBC drivers in AWS or Azure.
    Note: The DSN entries vary based on the driver you want to add to the serverless runtime location.
    The following example shows the DNS entries for the Microsoft SQL Server driver:
    version: 1
    agent:
    dataIntegrationServer:
    autoDeploy:
    odbc:
    drivers:
    - fileCopy:
    sourcePath: ODBC/DWdb227.so
    - fileCopy:
    sourcePath: ODBC/DWdb227.so
    dsns:
    - name: "<SQL server>"
    entries:
    - key: Driver
    value: DWsqls227.so
    - key: Description
    value: "SQL Server 2014 Connection for ODL"
    - key: HostName
    value: INVW16SQL19
    - key: PortNumber
    value: 1433
    - key: Database
    value: adapter_semantic
    - key: QuotedId
    value: No
    - key: AnsiNPW
    value: Yes
  3. 2Ensure that the syntax and indentations are valid, and then save the file as serverlessUserAgentConfig.yml in the following AWS or Azure location: <Supplementary file location>/serverless_agent_config
  4. When the .yml file runs, the ODBC drivers are copied from the AWS or Azure location to the serverless agent directory and the DNS entries are updated in the odbc.ini file.
For more information about how to configure and use the serverless environment, see Serverless runtime environment setup.