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connectivity data-connection create

qlik connectivity data-connection create

Create a connection

Synopsis

Use this operation to create a new data connection in your tenant. Depending on the fields provided in the request body, credentials embedded in or associated with the connection are created or updated alongside the connection.

qlik connectivity data-connection create [flags]

Options

--authUrlOnly When ˋtrueˋ, only the authentication URL is returned and no connection is created, provided the data source supports OAuth. All other request properties are ignored. Has no effect if the data source does not support OAuth.
--connectionProperties unknown Connection properties required to establish the connection for the specified data source. The expected properties are defined by the response of ˋGET /connectivity/data-sources/{datasourceId}/api-specsˋ.
--datasourceID string
-f, --file file Read request body from the specified file
-h, --help help for create
--interval int Duration in seconds to wait between retries, at least 1 (default 1)
--ownerId string App ID
--qArchitecture int Indicates the data connector architecture. ˋ0ˋ for 64-bit, ˋ1ˋ for 32-bit. Default is ˋ0ˋ, if not specified.
Allowed values: "0", "1"
--qConnectStatement string Connection string for the data connection
--qConnectionSecret string String that contains connection specific secret (or password) that requires encryption before persist to database. This field is connection level secret
--qCredentialsID string ID of the credential associated with the connection
--qCredentialsName string Name of the credential associated with the connection
--qEngineObjectID string Unique identifier (UUID) for the data connection as specified by the Qlik Sense engine. A UUID will be generated automatically if this field is not specified or empty.
--qID string Unique identifier (UUID) for the data connection. A UUID will be generated automatically if ˋqIDˋ is not specified or empty.
--qLogOn string Logon type for the connection. ˋLOG_ON_SERVICE_USERˋ (or ˋ0ˋ) indicates service user logon; ˋLOG_ON_CURRENT_USERˋ (or ˋ1ˋ) indicates current user logon.
Allowed values: "0", "1", "LOG_ON_SERVICE_USER", "LOG_ON_CURRENT_USER"
--qName string
--qPassword string Any logon password associated with the data connection (connector encoded)
--qSeparateCredentials When ˋtrueˋ, creates a credential-less connection that does not embed authentication details. Default is ˋfalseˋ.
--qType string The connection type, identifying the provider of the underlying connector.
--qUsername string Any logon username associated with the data connection
--qriInRequest string The QRI (Qlik Resource Identifier) string for the connection. When provided by a trusted client, this value is persisted as the connection's QRI to ensure consistency.
-q, --quiet Return only IDs from the command
--raw Return original response from server without any processing
--retry int Number of retries to do before failing, max 10
--space string
--tags strings

Options inherited from parent commands

-c, --config string path/to/config.yml where parameters can be set instead of on the command line
--context string Name of the context used when connecting to Qlik Associative Engine
--headers stringToString HTTP headers to use when connecting to Qlik Associative Engine (default [])
--insecure Allow connecting to hosts with self-signed certificates
--json Returns output in JSON format, if possible. Disables verbose and traffic output
-s, --server string URL to Qlik Cloud or directly to a Qlik Associative Engine
--server-type string The type of server you are using: cloud, Windows (Enterprise on Windows) or engine
-v, --verbose Log extra information
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