Creating ODBC Connections to External Databases
To let your Web applications use external databases for storing the data, you need to create connections to these external databases.
To create a connection to an external database:
- Go to Domains > domain name > ODBC Data Sources (in the Applications & Services group).
- Click Add New ODBC DSN.
- Specify the ODBC connection name and description in the corresponding fields.
- Select the required driver in the Driver field.
- Click OK.
- Choose the appropriate options on the driver configuration screen. Typically, you should specify the path to the database, user credentials and other connection options, depending on the selected driver.
- Click Test to check whether the connection will function properly with provided settings. Click Finish to complete the creation.