ActiveTransfer requires a database to store configuration and monitoring data.

When you install ActiveTransfer, you can specify database connection parameters. ActiveTransfer creates a JDBC Pool Alias as during installation and associates this to "ActiveTransfer" JDBC Functional Alias. The connection parameters (JDBC Pool Definition) can be modified after installation. For details on how to install ActiveTransfer, see Installing Software AG Products.

If you want to use MySQL Community Server version 5.7 as your database, you would need to perform a few additional steps as described in Configuring a MySQL Community Server Version 5.7 Database.