During installation, you can create the domain configuration repository in a secure database. You can also create the Model repository and PowerCenter repository in a secure database.

You can configure a secure connection to the following databases:

IBM DB2 UDB
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Azure SQL Database
PostgreSQL
Oracle

When you configure the connection to the secure database, you must specify the connection information in a JDBC connection string. In addition to the host name and port number for the database server, the connection string must include security parameters.

The following table describes the security parameters that you must include in the JDBC connection string:

Parameter	Description
EncryptionMethod	Required. Indicates whether data is encrypted when transmitted over the network. This parameter must be set to SSL .
ValidateServerCertificate	Optional. Indicates whether Informatica validates the certificate that is sent by the database server. If this parameter is set to True, Informatica validates the certificate that is sent by the database server. If you specify the HostNameInCertificate parameter, Informatica also validates the host name in the certificate. If this parameter is set to false, Informatica does not validate the certificate that is sent by the database server. Informatica ignores any truststore information that you specify.
HostNameInCertificate	Optional. Host name of the machine that hosts the secure database. If you specify a host name, Informatica validates the host name included in the connection string against the host name in the SSL certificate. If SSL encryption and validation is enabled and this property is not specified, the driver uses the server name specified in the connection URL or data source of the connection to validate the certificate.
cryptoProtocolVersion	Required. Specifies the cryptographic protocol to use to connect to a secure database. You can set the parameter to cryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.1 or cryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.2 based on the cryptographic protocol used by the database server.

You can use the following syntax in the JDBC connection string to connect to a secure database:

IBM DB2

jdbc:Informatica:db2://<host name>:<port number>;DatabaseName=<database name>;EncryptionMethod=SSL;HostNameInCertificate=<database host name>;ValidateServerCertificate=<true or false>

Oracle

jdbc:Informatica:oracle://<host name>:<port number>;ServiceName=<service name>;EncryptionMethod=SSL;HostNameInCertificate=<database host name>;ValidateServerCertificate=<true or false>

Use the following connection string to connect to the Oracle database through the Oracle Connection Manager:

jdbc:Informatica:oracle:TNSNamesFile=<fully qualified path to the tnsnames.ora file>;TNSServerName=<TNS server name>;

Microsoft SQL Server

jdbc:Informatica:sqlserver://<host name>:<port number>;SelectMethod=cursor;DatabaseName=<database name>;EncryptionMethod=SSL;HostNameInCertificate=<database host name>;ValidateServerCertificate=<true or false>

Microsoft Azure SQL

jdbc:Informatica:sqlserver://<host name>:<port number>;SelectMethod=cursor;DatabaseName=<database name>;SnapshotSerializable=true;EncryptionMethod=SSL;HostNameInCertificate=*.database.windows.net;ValidateServerCertificate=false

PostgreSQL

jdbc:Informatica:postgresql://<host name>:<port number>;DatabaseName=<database name>;EncryptionMethod=SSL;HostNameInCertificate=<database host name>;ValidateServerCertificate=<true or false>