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data-connection create

qlik data-connection create

Creates a new connection

Synopsis

Creates a new connection. Depending on the fields defined in the request body, credentials embedded (or associated) in the connection can be updated or created.

qlik data-connection create [flags]

Options

--authUrlOnly When set to true, only authentication URL will be returned (i.e. no connection will be created) if datasource supports OAuth, and other properties set in the request will ignored. This property will be ignored if the request is not OAuth or datasource doesn't support OAuth
--connectionProperties unknown (Required) Connection properties required to create dataconnection for the given datasource, which is defined by the response of 'GET /v1/data-sources/:{datasourceId}/api-specs'
--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)
--owner string App ID
--qArchitecture int 0 or 1 value indicating whether the data connector is 64-bit (0) or 32-bit (1). Defaults to 0 if not specified.
Allowed values: "0", "1"
--qConnectStatement string (Required) 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 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 qID is not specified or empty
--qLogOn string Indicates the type of user associated with the data connection.
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 Indicates whether or not to create a credential-less connection
--qType string (Required) Type of connection - indicates connection provider type
--qUsername string Any logon username associated with the data connection
--qriInRequest string QRI string of the connection. The string will be persisted to mongo when the request is originated from trusted client (i.e. dcaas) to avoid invalid QRi string.
-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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