Chapter 6 Setting up the Repository with the Repository Proxy on any DBMS

Creating a proxy repository definition

Once you have created the data source, installed and configured the repository proxy, you can create a proxy repository definition in PowerDesigner. A proxy repository definition is a set of parameters defined on the PowerDesigner client. It contains two groups, one for repository connection parameters, and the other one for proxy connection parameters:

Create repository tables

When you connect for the first time to a database that will store the repository, you initialize the repository and create the tables: this step is called the repository database creation.

You cannot create a repository using a proxy connection, you have to connect to the repository using a direct connection and execute the repository installation before using the repository proxy. For more information about proxy and direct connection, see the Connecting to the Repository chapter in the Repository User's Guide .

Steps To create a proxy repository definition:

  1. Select Repository→Repository Definitions to display the List of Repository Definitions.
  2. Click the Add a Row tool and type a name in the Repository Name column.
  3. Type a user name in the Repository User column.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Type the database user name in the Database User column.
  6. Click in the Connection Type column to select the Proxy connection type from the list.
  7. Click Apply in the List of Repository Definitions.
  8. Double-click the arrow at the beginning of the line of the new proxy repository definition to type to type the required parameters and test the connection.
  9. Click OK in each of the dialog boxes.

 

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