Connect to Exasol

This section describes how to connect to Exasol and integrate it with your existing tools and workflows.

Once your Exasol SaaS cluster is up and running, you can connect to it using database clients and other tools that are compatible with the Exasol drivers and programming languages.

Setting up a connection requires that you have installed the necessary drivers and configured your network to allow traffic between the tool and Exasol, and that you have the connection details that are needed to configure the connection in the tool. Several tools on the market come with support for Exasol pre-installed.

For information about how to install drivers provided by Exasol, see Drivers.

To learn how to quickly find the connection details for an Exasol SaaS cluster, see Get Connection Details.

For general instructions on how to connect to an Exasol SaaS cluster from an external tool using the Exasol JDBC and ODBC drivers, see Other Tools.

For instructions on how to install third-party JDBC drivers and Oracle Instant Client, see Driver Management.

The Ecosystem Overview provides you with a non-exclusive list of the many different tools that can be connected to Exasol, sorted by category. You can find links to more information about each tool in this list.

For more details about some of the tools, see the following sections: