Creating GeminiDB Influx API Data Connections

Before establishing a data connection to GeminiDB Influx API, ensure that the following conditions are met:

You have obtained the IP address, port number, username, and password of GeminiDB Influx API.
To enable network communication between DLV and RDS, you can use a VPC connection as a network proxy. Create a VPC connection by referring to instructions in Managing VPC Connections.

Log in to the DLV console.
On the Data page, click the workspace drop-down list at the top of the page, select the workspace to be accessed, and click New Data Connection.

Figure 1 Creating a data connection

In the New Data Connection dialog box, set Data Source Type to GeminiDB Influx API and set related parameters.

When connecting to GeminiDB Influx API, set parameters according to Table 1.

**Table 1** GeminiDB Influx API data connection parameters
Parameter	Description
Name	Name of the data connection. Must contain 1 to 32 characters and contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
Host	Intranet IP address of the GeminiDB for InfluxDB instance to be connected.
Port	Port of the GeminiDB for InfluxDB instance to be connected.
Username	Username of the database. The database user must have permission to access data tables and metadata.
Password	Password of the database user.
Agent	Select an available connection agent, such as VPC connection, CDM proxy, or Internet. To use the VPC connection, create a VPC connection by referring to instructions in Managing VPC Connections.
Database	You can select a database from the Database drop-down list.