vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
About 

IBM® Db2® on Cloud is a fully managed public cloud service on IBM Cloud. As a relational database, it delivers fast query processing with enterprise-level performance and capabilities for online transactional processing (OLTP). High availability plans provide multizone region support in a three HA node configuration to ensure ultimate redundancy.



 Key features 



 Scalable and elastic cloud service 

Db2 on Cloud is an elastic service, and allows you to independently scale compute and storage through an intuitive UI or REST API.





 Expertly managed and highly secure 

Day-to-day operations for Db2 on Cloud, including database monitoring, uptime checks and failovers, are fully automated. Operations are supplemented by a DevOps team that are on call to handle unexpected system failures. Data is encrypted at rest and in motion by default. Administrators can also restrict access to sensitive data through data masking, row permissions, and role-based security, and can utilize database audit utilities to maintain audit trails for their database. IBM Key Protect and IBM Cloud service endpoint are also supported.





 Run your own apps 

In addition to the integrated tools, you can connect many popular third-party BI and visualization apps that you might already be using. For example, connect IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to design and deploy your database schema, or connect SQL-based tools such as Watson Analytics and Cognos Analytics to manipulate or analyze your data. For the managed service, you can connect other IBM Cloud applications.





 Graphical user interface or command line 

You can use the web console to perform many key tasks, such as loading data, working with tables, run SQL, and monitoring. Alternatively, you can use the command-line user interface CLPPlus to define, edit, and run statements, scripts, and commands.







 Plans and configurations 

Db2 on Cloud offers two elastic configurations to meet your workload requirements. Each plan can be deployed with or without high availability. When high availability is chosen, three nodes are provisioned in multiple availability zones, where available.



 Standard Plan 



* Base instances start at 8 GB RAM x 20 GB storage on shared compute slices
* 100 GB of free backup storage for up to 14 days of backups







 Enterprise Plan
IBM Cloud Load Balancer docs 

The IBM Cloud® Load Balancer service helps customers improve availability of their business-critical applications by distributing traffic among multiple application server instances, and by forwarding traffic to healthy instances only.

 Recommended content 

[Creating a load balancer service overview The IBM Cloud Load Balancer service helps improve scalability and availability of your business-critical applications. It monitors the health of your application servers, uses smart load-balancing methods to distribute traffic among multiple servers, and dynamically adjusts its system capacity to handle varying traffic load.](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/loadbalancer-service?topic=loadbalancer-service-creating-and-using-an-ibm-cloud-load-balancer-for-elastic-server-load-balancing)[Load balancer basics The IBM Cloud Load Balancer service distributes traffic among multiple server instances (bare metal and virtual server) that reside locally, within the same data center.](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/loadbalancer-service?topic=loadbalancer-service-ibm-cloud-load-balancer-basics)[Choosing a preferred cipher suite for your HTTPS application Cipher algorithms help the IBM Cloud® Load Balancer form secure connections with its HTTP clients. IBM offers a suite of approved ciphers for you to choose from so that you secure the communication between your load balancer and your clients.](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/loadbalancer-service?topic=loadbalancer-service-choosing-a-preferred-cipher-suite-for-your-https-application)

 Video library 

[![carousel thumbnail](https://cloud.ibm.com/media/docs/images/homepage/default_video_thumbnail.png)<br><br>Network as a service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/loadbalancer-service?topic=loadbalancer-service-naas-video)

 Learn more 

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Satellite use cases 

The IBM Cloud Satellite uses cases outlined here are hypotheses designed to help explore the solution’s applicability for areas within various industries. These hypotheses are based on the following cross-industry capabilities of Satellite.



* Use IBM Cloud services wherever they are needed.



* Scenarios where data must be processed close to the source, such as IoT, data lakes, and analytics (to meet latency requirements).
* Scenarios where restrictions are placed on cross-border data movement (countries without public cloud data centers).



* Use IBM Cloud services to assist operations on-premises or at remote locations.



* Remotely delivered IBM Cloud managed services is especially useful in supporting frequent upgrades and function modifications that require Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift skills.







 Benefits of using Satellite 

Review some key benefits for using IBM Cloud Satellite.



Reasons to use Satellite.

 Benefits Description 

 Bring your own infrastructure to IBM Cloud. With IBM Cloud Satellite, you can bring your own infrastructure that is in your on-premises data center, in public cloud providers, or in edge environments to IBM Cloud by creating a Satellite location. With this setup, you can run your workloads in the physical location of your choice to meet legal requirements, compliance standards, data speeds, and network latency requirements while securely using IBM Cloud services. For more information, see [Setting up Satellite locations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/satellite?topic=satellite-locations). 
 Securely access IBM Cloud services. Every Satellite location is securely connected to IBM Cloud through an encrypted TLS tunnel that is provided with the Satellite Link component. By using this TLS tunnel, you can securely access IBM Cloud services in your location and use them with the same security and compliance standards as in IBM Cloud. For more information, see [Connecting Satellite locations with services outside of locations by using endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/satellite?topic=satellite-link-location-cloud). 
 Control and monitor network traffic to services. With Satellite Link, you can control network access to apps, services, and servers that run in IBM Cloud, public cloud providers, or in your on-premises data center.
Introduction to IBM MQ 

![MQ Logo](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/3a120b16db5fdc3e70d071af8a63ce5515c1b096/mqcloud/images/MQ_Light_Icon@4x.png)

IBM MQ is an enterprise grade messaging middleware service that gives independent and potentially non-concurrent applications secure messaging capabilities, such as point-to-point and publish/subscribe models.

MQ has been proving itself as an effective messaging solution for more than 25 years. The IBM MQ on Cloud service enables you to use IBM MQ as a managed offering. IBM will handle upgrades, patches and also many of the operational management tasks, allowing you to focus on the integration of MQ with your applications.

In addition to the cloud service, IBM MQ is available in a wide range of customer-managed deployment form factors such as software for many operating systems including Linux and Windows. It is available as a containerised application and within a Kubernetes cluster, it is even available as something known as the MQ appliance which is dedicated hardware for running MQ. It is also available on the IBM z/OS mainframe.

The managed service, which is available in both IBM Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS) removes much of the responsibility of running and maintaining an MQ environment. These responsibilities include:



* Operating System Patching
* IBM MQ patching
* IBM MQ upgrades
* Availability
* Failover



!
* [Solution overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-kmip-overview)
* [Solution design](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-kmip-design)
* [High availability and disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-kmip-hadr)
* [IBM Key Protect](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/key-protect?topic=key-protect-getting-started-tutorial)
* [IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/hs-crypto?topic=hs-crypto-get-startedget-started)
To learn more, see [Cloud Identity and Access Management](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-iamoverview). 
 IBM Cloud® Internet Services (CIS) Used to manage our external network connectivity, our ibm.com domains, and distributed proxies with TLS termination to support DDoS, WAF, and Caching for HTTPs endpoints. To learn more, see [IBM Cloud Internet Services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cis). 
 IBM Cloud® Kubernetes Service Provides the infrastructure to run the microservices of Data Engine. To learn more, see [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers). 
 IBM Cloud® Messages for RabbitMQ Queues used for internal communication between microservices. To learn more, see [Messages for RabbitMQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/messages-for-rabbitmq). 
 IBM Cloud Object Storage The service instance that is owned by the service contains out of the box sample data sets, backups of Cloudant data and IAE bootstrap config. To learn more, see [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage). 
 IBM Cloud Resource Controller and IBM Cloud Catalog Used to load required information about your service instance and offering plan. To learn more, see [IBM Cloud Resource Controller API](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/resource-controller/resource-controller). 







 Dependencies to IBM service instances owned and managed by you 



Table 2. Dependencies

 Service name Description 

 IBM Cloud Object Storage The service instance that is owned by the customer who controls access to the instance by using IAM policies contains customer data, SQL query results, and metaindex information that describes value distribution in actual data objects. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. To learn more, see [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage).
Getting started with IBM Cloud Satellite 

IBM Cloud Satellite® provides a distributed cloud architecture that brings the scalability and flexibility of public cloud services to the applications and data that run in your secure private cloud. With IBM Cloud Satellite®, you can use your own compute infrastructure that is in your on-premises data center, other cloud providers, or edge networks to create a Satellite location. Then, you can use the capabilities of Satellite to run IBM Cloud services on your infrastructure, and consistently deploy, manage, and control your app workloads. From a single pane of glass, you can manage workloads that run across the infrastructure from your Satellite locations.

Your Satellite location includes tools such as Satellite Link and Satellite Config to provide additional capabilities for securing and auditing network connections in your location and consistently deploying, managing, and controlling your apps and policies across clusters in the location.



* Video transcript

Many enterprises today are getting advantages out of moving workloads into the public cloud. They’re building cognitive applications, they’re scaling them on demand, and they’re improving the speed of their development through as a service API-based consumption on the public cloud. But they reality is many workloads have not moved to the public cloud yet many of those workloads are from regulated industries, they have security and compliance requirements, or performance and latency requirements, that make it challenging to physically move those applications into a public cloud data center. And what many organization really want is all the agility benefits of public cloud, but the flexibility to run those workloads wherever they need them: on-premises, in their existing data centers, in multiple public cloud providers around the world, or at the edge of the network closer to the applications and data sources that they need to process. Public cloud is evolving to satisfy this requirement with a new concept called “Distributed Cloud”. So, the heart of IBM Cloud Satellite is the notion of IBM Cloud services managed anywhere. When you consume capabilities on the IBM Cloud today, you have a catalog of over 130 services that you can use to build and run your applications - everything from infrastructure to Kubernetes and OpenShift, databases, DevOps tools, and frameworks for AI machine learning and IOT.
You can add IBM Cloud platform and infrastructure services as well as services from third-party vendors to your Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud cluster to enable automation, improve security, or enhance your monitoring and logging capabilities in the cluster.

For a list of supported services, see [Integrating services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-supported_integrationssupported_integrations).
* Does IBM support third-party and open source tools that I use with my cluster?

See the [IBM Open Source and Third Party policy](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/737271).
* What am I charged for? Can I estimate and control costs in my cluster?

See [Managing costs for your clusters](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openshift?topic=openshift-costs).
* Can I downgrade my cluster to a previous version?

No, you cannot downgrade your cluster to a previous version.



Databases Cloudant



* Authenticating with IBM Cloudant FAQ

 Authenticating with IBM Cloudant FAQ 

IBM Cloud® Identity and Access Management (IAM) combines managing user identities, services, and access control into one approach. IBM® Cloudant® for IBM Cloud® integrates with IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management.





 IBM Cloud IAM 



* Centrally managed access management across IBM Cloud.
* Allows a user or service to access many different resources by using the same set of credentials (for example, same username and password or IAM API key).
* IAM API keys can be granted access to account management functions, like creating new databases.







 IBM Cloudant legacy 



* Unique to IBM Cloudant.
* Access to each service instance requires its own set of credentials.
* Uses HTTP basic authentication with credentials that aren't bound to an individual user or service.









The Use only IAM mode means that only IAM credentials are provided through service binding and credential generation. You gain the following advantages when you use IBM Cloud IAM:



* Managing access to IBM Cloudant with the standard tooling of IBM Cloud.
Getting started with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management V2.0 

The IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management, running on Red Hat® OpenShift®, is an open, hybrid Cloud Management platform. This platform helps organizations break down IT silos and move operations to start to codify tasks and processes and manage them as code artifacts.

With this IBM Cloud Pak®, you get more application and cluster visibility across the enterprise to any public or private cloud. You can improve automation by simplifying your IT and application operations management with increased flexibility and cost savings, and intelligent data analysis driven by predictive signals.

You can also take advantage of the governance with the IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management. You can manage your multicloud environments with a consistent and automated set of configuration and security policies across all applications and clusters. For more information, go to the [documentation](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFC4F_2.0.0/kc_welcome_cloud_pak.html).



 What's inside this IBM Cloud Pak 



 Operator-based installation 

The IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management installation is now operator-based. You can choose either a simple or advanced installation method. When you choose the simple installation, the following default services are installed.



* Console
* Governance, risk, and compliance
* Global search
* Cluster management
* Application management
* IBM Cloud Platform Common Services
* License Advisor



With the advanced installation mode, you can choose to enable or disable these modules and services:



* Infrastructure management operators, which include Policies and Profiles (ibm-management-infra-grc), Provisioning virtual machines and Instances (ibm-management-infra-vm), Managed services (ibm-management-cam-install), and Creating and managing services (ibm-management-service-library).
* Operations operator, which is ChatOps (ibm-management-sre-chatops).
* Monitoring operator, which is Monitoring (ibm-management-monitoring).
Getting started with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management V2.1 

The IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management, running on Red Hat® OpenShift®, is an open, hybrid Cloud Management platform. This platform helps organizations break down IT silos and move operations to start to codify tasks and processes and manage them as code artifacts.

With this IBM Cloud Pak®, you get more application and cluster visibility across the enterprise to any public or private cloud. You can improve automation by simplifying your IT and application operations management with increased flexibility and cost savings, and intelligent data analysis driven by predictive signals.

You can also take advantage of the governance with the IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management. You can manage your multicloud environments with a consistent and automated set of configuration and security policies across all applications and clusters. For more information, go to the [documentation](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFC4F_2.1.0/kc_welcome_cloud_pak.html).



 What's inside this IBM Cloud Pak 



 Operator-based installation 

The IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management installation is now operator-based. You can choose either a simple or advanced installation method. When you choose the simple installation, the following default services are installed.



* Console
* Governance, risk, and compliance
* Global search
* Cluster management
* Application management
* IBM Cloud Platform Common Services
* License Advisor



With the advanced installation mode, you can choose to enable or disable these modules and services:



* Infrastructure management operators, which include Policies and Profiles (ibm-management-infra-grc), Provisioning virtual machines and Instances (ibm-management-infra-vm), Managed services (ibm-management-cam-install), and Creating and managing services (ibm-management-service-library).
* Operations operator, which is ChatOps (ibm-management-sre-chatops).
* Monitoring operator, which is Monitoring (ibm-management-monitoring).
Getting started with IBM Cloud for Financial Services 

[IBM Cloud for Financial Services®](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/financial-services) is designed to build trust and enable a transparent public cloud ecosystem with the features for security, compliance, and resiliency that financial institutions require. Financial institutions can confidently host their mission-critical applications in the cloud and transact quickly and efficiently. With a large partner ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs), Software as a Service (SaaS), and fintech partners, IBM Cloud for Financial Services offers a new generation of cloud for the enterprise. Financial institutions can now deploy on public cloud to enable innovation and deliver new outstanding customer experiences, while managing stringent industry regulations for sensitive data and complex workloads.



 IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services 

IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services is designed to help address the needs of financial services institutions with regulatory compliance, security, and resiliency during the initial deployment phase and with ongoing operations. The framework also helps to simplify the ability of financial institutions to transact with ecosystem partners who deliver software or SaaS applications, and who meet the requirements of the framework.

The IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services consists of:



* A comprehensive [set of control requirements](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-servicesframework-control-requirements) designed to help address the security requirements and regulatory compliance obligations of financial institutions and cloud best practices. The cloud best practices include a shared responsibility model across financial institutions, application providers, and IBM Cloud.
* Detailed [control-by-control guidance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-servicesframework-guidance) for implementation and supporting evidence to help address the security and regulatory requirements of the financial industry.
* [Reference architectures](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-servicesframework-reference-architectures) designed to facilitate compliance with the control requirements. In addition, resources are provided to [deploy infrastructure as code](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-deploy-infrastructure-as-code) in order to automate deployment and configuration of the reference architectures.
* Plan and implement appropriate application load balancing and security solutions, such as [F5 BIG-IP](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-f5_considerations).
* Plan and implement appropriate security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, such as [IBM QRadar](https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/hosted-security-intelligence).
* Plan and implement appropriate vulnerability scanning.
* Use solutions such as [Entrust CloudControl](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-entrust-cc_considerations) to plan and implement appropriate change management, approval, auditing, and access control for your instance.







 Customization 

Complete the following steps to customize the base VMware instance installation to fit your requirements.



* Use your own certificate authority (CA) to generate certificates for components such as vCenter (with embedded PSC) and NSX Manager.
* Configure deployed services. For example,



* For Entrust CloudControl™, configure AD integration, access control, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) settings, and compliance policies.
* For Zerto, plan for IP addressing and routing of Zerto Virtual Replication Appliance (VRA) communications since network address translator (NAT) traversal is not supported. Consider either tunneling or redeployment of your VRAs for appropriate addressing and routing.
* For backup services such as Veeam® and IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus, configure your backup job, optionally configure additional storage, and configure monitoring alerts.
* For networking and security services such as F5® BIG-IP and FortiGate Virtual Appliance, configure network interfaces, certificates, high availability (HA) configuration, and rules according to your network topology and other requirements.









 Active Directory 

Complete the following steps to ensure proper single sign-on (SSO) configuration and management.



* Configure the Active Directory® (AD) server update and restart schedule.