Connecting to Generic Sybase IQ

To connect to the Generic Sybase IQ, specify the following connection properties:

• Server: Set this to the name or network address of the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere database instance.
• Database: Set this to the name of the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere database running on the specified Server.

Optionally, you can also secure your connections with TLS/SSL by setting UseSSL to true.

Note: It is also possible to connect to an instance of SAP SQL Anywhere with the above adapter configuration.

Authenticating to Generic Sybase IQ

Generic Sybase IQ supports several methods for authentication including basic, Kerberos, and, LDAP.

Basic

Set the AuthScheme to Basic and set the following connection properties to use SybaseIQ authentication.

• User: Set this to the username of the authenticating Generic Sybase IQ user.
• Password: Set this to the username of the authenticating Generic Sybase IQ user.

LDAP

To connect with LDAP authentication, you will need to configure Generic Sybase IQ server-side to use the LDAP authentication mechanism.

After configuring Generic Sybase IQ for LDAP, you can connect using the same credentials as basic authentication.

Kerberos

To leverage Kerberos authentication, begin by enabling it via the following connection property:

• AuthScheme: Set to Kerberos will be used for authentication to Generic Sybase IQ.

See Using Kerberos information regarding the connection properties that need to be set for Kerberos authentication.

You can find an example connection string below:

Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;User=SampleUser;Password=SamplePassword;Database=MyDB;Kerberos=true;KerberosKDC=MyKDC;KerberosRealm=MYREALM.COM;KerberosSPN=server-name