If you are connecting to an Oracle database on Amazon RDS, you will need to create the database structure first. See Creating DTP database structure at Amazon RDS for Oracle. When the database structure has been created, proceed to Create a DTP schema for an existing database below.

Connect to an existing DTP database

To connect to an existing DTP database using existing user credentials:

  1. Click Configure Database Settings and select Connect to existing DTP database in the window that appears.
  2. Click Next.

  3. Select a database type: MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.

  4. Enter the database URL and user credentials, then click Test Connection to confirm that it is correct.

  5. Click Save & Connect to connect to the database.

Create a new DTP database, user, and schema

To create a new DTP database and schema as well as new user credentials:

  1. Click Configure Database Settings and select Create new DTP database, user, and schema in the window that appears.
  2. Click Next.

  3. Select a database type: MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
  4. Enter the database URL and root credentials, then click Test Connection to confirm that it is correct.
  5. Click Next.

  6. Enter new user and credentials and click Create Database.

    The processes will fail if the Parasoft default "dtp" user already exists. In this rare scenario, you can manually create the database and users, then go through the Create a DTP schema for an existing database described below. Alternatively, you can drop the "dtp" user before running this process.

Create a DTP schema for an existing database

To create a DTP schema for an existing database with existing user credentials:

  1. Click Configure Database Settings and select Create DTP database schema in the window that appears.
  2. Click Next.

  3. Select a database type: MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
  4. Enter the database URL and user credentials, then click Test Connection to confirm that it is correct.
  5. Click Create Schema.