Connect to Oracle Autonomous Database

Before you get started, get the required information from your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account based on the object storage authentication type that you want to configure.

Connection details

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	Oracle Autonomous Database
Runtime Environment	The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks. Select a Secure Agent.
User Name	The user name to access the Oracle Autonomous Database. It is used to authenticate the connection.
Password	The password associated with the user name.

Authentication types

You can configure TLS or mutual TLS authentication to connect to Oracle Autonomous Database. Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

Mutual TLS authentication

The following table describes the basic connection properties for mutual TLS authentication:

Property	Description
Service Name	The specific database service accessed for the secured connection.
Wallet Path	The location of the wallet file for the secured connection.

TLS authentication

The following table describes the basic connection properties for TLS authentication:

Property	Description
TNS Name	The TNS name defined in the tnsnames.ora file. For example, String tnsEntry = "(description= ... (security=(ssl_server_dn_match=yes)))"

Object storage authentication types

You can configure ConfigFile or simple authentication for staging the connection when you connect to Oracle Autonomous Database. Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

ConfigFile authentication

The following table describes the basic connection property for ConfigFile authentication:

Property	Description
Region	The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region where the object storage bucket resides. Select the Oracle Cloud Object Storage region from the list.

Advanced settings

The following table describes the advanced connection properties for ConfigFile authentication:

Property	Description
Configuration File Location	The absolute path of the configuration file on the Secure Agent machine. If you do not enter the value, the Secure Agent uses the following configuration file path: ~/.oci/config
Profile Name	The name of the profile in the configuration file that you want to use. Default is DEFAULT.

Simple authentication

The following table describes the basic connection properties for simple authentication:

Property	Description
User OCID	The unique identifier of the user in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. For example, ocid1.user.oc1..aaaaaaaaherdgpjknqzrwbdc7n5ksokkot7c5jngtx3pgolr7oqbw7xzksza
Fingerprint	The fingerprint of the public key.
Tenancy OCID	The unique identifier of the tenancy in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The tenancy is the globally unique name of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account. For example, ocid1.tenancy.oc1..aaaaaaaaba3pv6wkcr4jqae5f44n2b2m2yt2j6rx32uzr4h25vqstifsfdsq
Private Key File Location	The location of the private key file in .PEM format on the Secure Agent machine.
Region	The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region where the object storage bucket resides. Select the Oracle Cloud Object Storage region from the list.