IBM Cloudant connection
To access your data in IBM Cloudant, create a connection asset for it.
Cloudant is a JSON document database available in IBM Cloud.
Create a connection to Cloudant
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- URL to the Cloudant database
- Database name
- Username and password
For Credentials, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance
This connection is FIPS-compliant and can be used on a FIPS-enabled cluster.
Cloudant setup
To set up the Cloudant database on IBM Cloud, see Getting started with IBM Cloudant.
When you create
your Cloudant service, for Authentication method, select IAM and legacy credentials.
Restriction
IBM Cloud Query (CQ) is not supported.