Setting up UnixODBC

OneSpan Authentication Server only supports unixODBC; iODBC is not supported.

Follow these additional steps to set up your database to work with OneSpan Authentication Server:

  1. Obtain and install UnixODBC.
  2. Obtain and install ODBC drivers for the database system.
  3. Create an ODBC data source name (DSN) for the database.

More specific instructions are included for supported versions of:

For other products, perform the generic steps outlined in Generic ODBC setup.

Generic ODBC setup

Obtaining and installing UnixODBC

Obtain and install UnixODBC. In a terminal window, type the following commands, depending on your Linux distribution:

  • Red Hat.

    yum install unixODBC

  • Ubuntu.

    apt-get install unixodbc

Obtaining and installing ODBC drivers for the database

Obtain the ODBC driver for the database to be used with OneSpan Authentication Server from the database supplier.

Any ODBC driver used must be Unicode-compliant and should use 2-byte SQLWCHAR and 8-byte SQLLEN for 64-bit systems. OneSpan Authentication Server has been tested with the ODBC drivers provided by Oracle and IBM for their database systems.

OneSpan Authentication Server requires the zipped Full Client package of the Oracle database driver.

Creating an ODBC data source name (DSN)

Create the data source name (DSN) as required for your database.

For more information, refer to the documentation of your database system.