Connect to Databricks

Ensure that you have the following:

• Personal access token.
• Connection URL
• Storage credential to access Azure Storage account.
• External location to access Azure Storage account.
• Configure the required policies to enable secure Vault and Secrets access, such as use secrets, use vaults, and read secret-bundles. For more information, see Minimum recommended policies.

1. From the OCI GoldenGate Overview page, click Connections.
   You can also click Create Connection under the Get started section and skip to step 3.
2. On the Connections page, click Create Connection.
3. On the Create Connection page, complete the fields as follows:
   1. For Name, enter a name for the connection.
   2. (Optional) For Description, enter a description that helps you distinguish this connection from others.
   3. If creating this deployment for GoldenGate on Multicloud, select your Subscription.
      1. From the Compartment dropdown, select the compartment in which the Resource Anchor resides.
      2. Select the Multicloud partner region.
      3. Select your Partner availability zone. The available options populate based on the selected Multicloud partner region.
   4. For Compartment, select the compartment in which to create the connection.
   5. For Type, select Databricks from the dropdown.
   6. For Connection URL, enter the server name, port, and HTTP path from the JDBC/ODBC details. For example:

      jdbc:databricks://<server-host-name>.azuredatabricks.net:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;httpPath=<http-path>

   7. Select an Authentication type from the dropdown.
      • Personal access token, then select the Password secret. If located in a different compartment, use the dropdown to change compartments.
      • OAuth M2M, then enter the Client ID and select the Client Secret. If located in a different compartment, use the dropdown to change compartments.

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      • Secrets are credentials such as passwords, certificates, SSH keys, or authentication tokens that you use with OCI services. To create a secret, see Creating a secret. Ensure that you:
        • Select Manual secret generation.
        • Paste the credentials into Secret contents.
      • If you prefer not to use password secrets, ensure that you deselect Use secrets in vault in the Security section under Advanced Options, located at the bottom of this form.
   8. (Optional) Enter the Storage credential name.
   9. Expand Show advanced options. You can configure the following options:
      • Security:
        • Deselect Use vault secrets you prefer not to use password secrets for this connection. If not selected:
          • Select Use Oracle-managed encryption key to leave all encryption key management to Oracle.
          • Select Use customer-managed encryption key to select a specific encryption key stored in your OCI Vault to encrypt your connection credentials.
      • Network connectivity
        • Shared endpoint, to share an endpoint with the assigned deployment. You must allow connectivity from the deployment's ingress IP.
        • Dedicated endpoint, for network traffic through a dedicated endpoint in the assigned subnet in your VCN. You must allow connectivity from this connection's ingress IPs.
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          • If a dedicated connection remains unassigned for seven days, then the service converts it to a shared connection.
          • Learn more about Oracle GoldenGate connectivity.
      • Security attributes: Add security attributes to control access to this connection using Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR).
      • Tags: Add tags to organize your resources.
4. Click Create.