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Getting started with Informatica Cloud Data Integration

Getting started with Informatica Cloud
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You can create a data integration project in just a few steps.

Step 1. Check system requirements

Be sure you're using a compatible browser when you're designing your projects, and check the

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Product Availability Matrix for operating systems, databases, and other systems that

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supports.

Step 2. Configure a runtime environment

A runtime environment is the execution platform for running tasks. A runtime environment consists of one or more Secure Agents. A Secure Agent is a lightweight program that runs tasks and enables secure communication across the firewall between your organization and

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. You must have at least one runtime environment in each organization so that users in the organization can run tasks.

You can create the following types of runtime environments:

Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent: When you want to access data in an SaaS environment, you can use the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent. The Hosted Agent runs within the
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hosting facility, so there is nothing to install.

The Hosted Agent can run synchronization, mapping, and replication tasks that use certain connectors. To find out if the connector that you use supports the Hosted Agent, see the help for the relevant connector.
Secure Agent Groups: When you need to access data on-premises or when you want to access SaaS data without using the Hosted Agent, use a Secure Agent group. A Secure Agent group contains one or more Secure Agents. The agents in a group run within your network or in a cloud computing services environment such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.

To create a Secure Agent group, download and install the Secure Agent. You can install one Secure Agent on each physical or virtual machine. Each agent that you install is added to its own group by default. You can add multiple agents to a group to balance workloads and improve scalability.

You can associate a Secure Agent with an
advanced cluster
, which is a Kubernetes cluster that provides a distributed processing environment on the cloud. Fully-managed and self-service clusters can run data logic using a scalable architecture, while local clusters use a single node to quickly onboard projects for advanced use cases.
Serverless runtime environment: A serverless runtime environment is an advanced serverless deployment solution that doesn't require downloading, installing, configuring, and maintaining a Secure Agent or Secure Agent group.

Compared to the multi-tenant model on the Hosted Agent, a serverless runtime environment uses an isolated, single-tenant model that provides a dedicated server with virtual machine resources to run tasks. The serverless runtime environment auto-scales with the size of the workload while your data remains in your cloud environment.

Step 3. Create a connection

Before you can use

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to run data integration tasks, you need to create a connection. When you configure the connection, you specify the connector that enables the exchange of data between

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and the source and target objects. For example, if you want to create a task that uses Salesforce data, you create a Salesforce connection. The Salesforce connection uses the Salesforce connector which enables the exchange of data between Salesforce and

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Step 4. Create your project

Organize your data integration projects in folders that contain assets such as mappings, tasks, and taskflows. Create a project folder and folders to contain the assets you need for your project.

After you set up folders, create your project assets. Assets include the following objects:

Mappings

Tasks

Taskflows

Components such as business services, mapplets, and hierarchical schemas

Step 5. Add your project to the source control repository (optional)

If your organization is enabled for source control and the organization has read-write access to the source control repository, add your project to the repository.

Before you can add your project, your organization administrator must configure a link between the organization and source control repository, and you must specify your source control user credentials in

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