To successfully establish a new connection to local/remote server - no matter via SSH, set the database login information in the General tab. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) does not provide direct access to its server, Secure Tunneling Protocol (SSH) is another solution.
Option |
Description |
Connection Name |
Enter a friendly name to best describe your connection. |
Add To |
After you logged in Navicat Cloud or On-Prem Server, you can choose to save the connection to My Connections or a project. |
Connection Type |
Basic - In Basic mode, it connects to Oracle through the Oracle Call Interface (OCI). |
Host |
A host name where the database is situated or the IP address of the server. |
Endpoint |
The Endpoint for connecting to the Amazon Web Services instance. |
Port |
A TCP/IP port for connecting to the database server. |
Service Name |
Enter the Service Name or SID. Select the corresponding radio button. |
Role |
Indicate that the database user is connecting with either the Default, SYSOPER or SYSDBA system privilege. |
OS authentication |
Use OS user login credentials to authenticate database users. |
User Name |
User name for connecting to the database server. |
Password |
Password for connecting to the database server. |
Note: OCI is an application programming interface that allows an application developer to use a third-generation language's native procedure or function calls to access the Oracle database server and control all phases of SQL statement execution. OCI is a library of standard database access and retrieval functions in the form of a dynamic-link library. See also: Settings