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Create a connection

Create a Greenplum connection object in Administrator with the connection details of the Greenplum source system.
Before you create a connection, copy the Greenplum drivers to the specified directory on the Secure Agent machine. For more information, see Greenplum Connector in the Data Integration Connectors help.
    1In Administrator, select Connections.
    2Click New Connection.
    3In the Connection Details section, enter the following connection details:
    Connection 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.
    4Select the Greenplum connection type.
    5In the Greenplum Connection Properties section, enter the following connection details:
    Property
    Description
    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.
    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.
    Note:
    If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option.
    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 the tasks.
    Host Name
    Host name or IP address of the Greenplum server.
    Port
    Greenplum server port number. Default is 5432.
    Database
    Name of the database.
    Metadata Additional Connection Configuration
    Additional metadata connection properties that you want to use.
    Use the following format:
    <parameter name1>=<value1>;<parameter name2>=<value2>
    User Name
    User name with permissions to access the Greenplum database.
    Password
    Password to connect to the Greenplum database.
    6Click Test Connection.
    7Click Save.