Integrate Nuclia Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData API Driver for JDBC, you get live access to Nuclia data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Nuclia through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the Nuclia data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud
2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
3. Click "Download Secure Agent"
4. Make note of the Install Token
5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the Nuclia JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Nuclia through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:

   %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/

2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.api.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

   For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/common

   For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/spark

3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to Nuclia in Informatica Cloud

After installing the driver JAR file, you are ready to configure your connection to Nuclia in Informatica Cloud. Start by clicking the Connections tab and clicking New Connection. Fill in the following properties for the connection:

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Nuclia Connection)
• Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
• Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
• JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Nuclia. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  

  jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Nuclia.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;APIKey=your_service_account_key;KbId=your_kb_uuid;Zone=aws-us-east-2-1;

  Using API Key Authentication

  Nuclia uses API key authentication for accessing Knowledge Box data. To obtain an API key:

  1. Log in to the Nuclia Cloud Dashboard at https://nuclia.cloud
  2. Navigate to your Knowledge Box settings
  3. Go to the Service Accounts section
  4. Create a new service account or copy an existing API key

  After obtaining your API key, set the following connection properties:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
  • APIKey: Set this to your Nuclia service account API key.
  • KbId: Set this to your Knowledge Box UUID.
  • Zone: Set this to your Nuclia deployment zone (e.g., aws-us-east-2-1).

  Example Connection String

  Profile=C:\profiles\Nuclia.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;APIKey=your_service_account_key;KbId=your_kb_uuid;Zone=aws-us-east-2-1;
  

  Connecting to Nuclia

  Once the authentication is configured, you can connect to Nuclia and query data from any of the available tables such as Resources, KnowledgeBox, LabelSets, and ProcessingStatus.

  Built-In Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Nuclia JDBC Driver. Either double-click the .jar file or execute the .jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
      

  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

  
• Username: Set this to a placeholder value (since Nuclia does not require a username)
• Password: Set this to a placeholder value (since Nuclia does not require a password)

Create a Mapping for Nuclia Data

With the connection to Nuclia configured, we can now access Nuclia data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Nuclia to another data target.

1. Navigate to the Data Integration page
2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab
3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type
4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map
5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the Nuclia table to map
6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields.

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live Nuclia data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData API Driver for JDBC and start working with your live Nuclia data in Informatica Cloud today.