Creating Connections and Connection Templates

Create a new connection or connection template that defines the properties needed to connect to a new data source.

  1. In the left navigation pane, expand the Domains folder, and select the domain for which you want to create a new connection.
  2. Select Connections.
  3. In the right administration pane:
    • To create a new connection – select the Connections tab, and click New.
    • To create a new connection template – select the Templates tab, and click New.
  4. Enter a unique Connection pool name or template name.
  5. Select the Connection pool type or template type:
    • JDBC – choose this for most database connections.
    • Proxy - choose this if you care connecting to the Online Data Proxy.
    • WS – choose this if you are connecting to a Web Services (SOAP or REST) data source.
    • SAP – choose this if you are connecting to an SAP (JCO) datasource.
  6. Select the appropriate template for the data source target from the Use template menu. By default, several templates are installed with Unwired Platform; however, a production version of Unwired Server may have a different default template list.
  7. Template default properties appear, along with any predefined values. You can customize the template, if required, by performing one of:
    • Editing existing property values – click the corresponding cell and change the value that appears.
    • Adding new properties – click the <ADD NEW PROPERTY> cell in the Property column and select the required property name. You can then set values for any new properties you add.
    Note: In a remote server environment, if you edit the sambledb Server Name property, you must specify the remote IP number or server name. Using the value "localhost" causes cluster synchronization to fail.
  8. Test the values you have configured by clicking Test Connection. If the test fails, either values you have configured are incorrect, or the data source target is unavailable. Evaluate both possibilities and try again.
  9. Click OK to register the connection pool.
    The name appears in the available connection pools table on the Connections tab. Administrators can now use the connection pool to deploy packages.
Related concepts
Application Connections
Connection Templates
Related reference
Invalid DOE-C User Error for an SAP Server Connection
SAP DOE-C Properties
EIS Data Source Connection Properties Reference