Spotfire® Server and Environment - Installation and Administration

Configuring the database connection for Spotfire Server using Kerberos (Oracle)

If you use an Oracle database, follow these instructions to configure the database connection for Spotfire Server.

Procedure

To bootstrap Spotfire Server, execute the following bootstrap command, replacing <database-url> with the JDBC connection URL.
Note: When using a username and a password to request the Kerberos ticket, make sure to also specify the ‐username and ‐password arguments.
> config bootstrap -driver-class=oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver --database-url=<database
url> --kerberos-login-context=DatabaseKerberos -Coracle.net.authentication_services=
(KERBEROS5)
> config bootstrap --driver-class=oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver --database-url=
jdbc:oracle:thin:@research.example.com:1521:orcl --kerberos-login-context=
DatabaseKerberos -Coracle.net.authentication_services=(KERBEROS5)