You can configure a connection to the Terracotta DB server. The alias is used to refer to that specific connection.
By having a connection to the Terracotta DB server configured, the dashboard developer can access all datasets available on that server. The datasets are provided in the corresponding Terracotta DB source operator. The alias is unique with respect to all Terracotta DB connections. Different connections can point to the same Terracotta DB server.
Click Server to expand this section of the Administration menu.
Click Terracotta DB.
Click Register new Terracotta DB connection.
Enter a name for the Terracotta DB connection in the Terracotta DB alias field. The connection data is saved under this alias.
Enter the URI to the Terracotta DB. The format is terracotta://hostname:port.
Enable the Materialized Feed support option if you want to manage Materialized Feeds with this Terracotta DB connection.
Specify the Off-heap resource configured on the Terracotta DB server that you want to use to materialize the data feed results.
Terracotta DB provides a fast restart capability by writing the contents of a dataset in addition to the hard disk. If you want to use that feature, specify the name of the disk resource configured on the Terracotta DB server.
Click Add connection.
The Terracotta DB connection is created and listed by alias name.
Click Test connection for the alias created to test the Terracotta DB server connection.