How to start a Database Proxy Oracle session with DBeaver on Linux

This document will guide you through a step-by-step process on how to use the DBeaver manager in a Database Proxy session on Linux.

Requirements

• Download the latest version of Instant Client - Instant Client
• Download the latest version of DBeaver - Dbeaver

Star session at the DBeaver app

After declaring the environment variables, the user can open DBeaver. For the connection to be of the custom type, follow the next steps:

1. Open the DBeaver app.
2. On the main screen, in the upper-left corner, click on the icon represented by the plug and the plus sign.
3. On the pop-up window that opens, Connect to a database, select Oracle.
4. Click Next.
5. At the Main > Custom tab fill in the field with the information:
   1. JDB URL Template: jdb:oracle:oci:/@<ORACLEDB_HOSTNAME>
6. Click on Driver Settings, to replace the default library for the ones acquired at Instant Client and for the oraclepki.jar file found in the SQLcl directory.
   1. At Libraries tab, add the files.
7. Click OK.

Once this is done, the user can connect to the Oracle database through the senhasegura Database Proxy.

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