vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
Interconnecting your VPC using IBM Cloud offerings 

Given that VPCs are regional constructs, the following questions quickly arise:



* How can I interconnect my VPCs with my on-premises network?
* How can I interconnect my VPCs?





 Interconnecting with on-premises networks 

IBM has the following offerings that can help you interconnect a VPC with an on-premises network.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link

You can interconnect a VPC with an on-prem network through both Direct Link Dedicated and Connect offerings. Keep in mind that you can connect direct links to either a local or remote IBM Cloud Transit Gateway, which allows the on-prem network to access all networks connected to the transit gateway.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link Dedicated provides low-latency, high-throughput connections between IBM Cloud VPC networks direct to a service provider-managed WAN, or a client-managed cloud backbone. You can optimize egress traffic from your VPC network and reduce your egress costs. If you can’t connect at an IBM Cloud data center, or don’t need more than 5 Gbps of bandwidth on a Virtual Network Connection, you can use IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect to connect to IBM Cloud through a supported service provider.

With IBM Cloud Direct Link Global Routing capabilities, you can connect to all IBM Cloud regions worldwide from a single IBM Cloud Direct Link connection. You can also take advantage of IBM Cloud Direct Link service provider partners to establish more secure hybrid connections for your workloads across the globe, as well as easily provision multiple connections as your capacity requirements increase.

Zoom

![Sample Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/6a28e4ae2660b609a18e90e1239ed772f80373d6/transit-gateway/includes/vpc/includes/vpc/images/direct-link-dedicated.png)

Example Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case
* IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect provides connectivity between your on-premises and IBM Cloud VPC networks through a supported service provider.
Interconnecting your VPC using IBM Cloud offerings 

Given that VPCs are regional constructs, the following questions quickly arise:



* How can I interconnect my VPCs with my on-premises network?
* How can I interconnect my VPCs?





 Interconnecting with on-premises networks 

IBM has the following offerings that can help you interconnect a VPC with an on-premises network.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link

You can interconnect a VPC with an on-prem network through both Direct Link Dedicated and Connect offerings. Keep in mind that you can connect direct links to either a local or remote IBM Cloud Transit Gateway, which allows the on-prem network to access all networks connected to the transit gateway.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link Dedicated provides low-latency, high-throughput connections between IBM Cloud VPC networks direct to a service provider-managed WAN, or a client-managed cloud backbone. You can optimize egress traffic from your VPC network and reduce your egress costs. If you can’t connect at an IBM Cloud data center, or don’t need more than 5 Gbps of bandwidth on a Virtual Network Connection, you can use IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect to connect to IBM Cloud through a supported service provider.

With IBM Cloud Direct Link Global Routing capabilities, you can connect to all IBM Cloud regions worldwide from a single IBM Cloud Direct Link connection. You can also take advantage of IBM Cloud Direct Link service provider partners to establish more secure hybrid connections for your workloads across the globe, as well as easily provision multiple connections as your capacity requirements increase.

Zoom

![Sample Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/f02b9c9adcbb7328d95a45e105cec371d50f15eb/vpc//images/direct-link-dedicated.png)

Example Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case
* IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect provides connectivity between your on-premises and IBM Cloud VPC networks through a supported service provider.
Interconnecting your VPC using IBM Cloud offerings 

Given that VPCs are regional constructs, the following questions quickly arise:



* How can I interconnect my VPCs with my on-premises network?
* How can I interconnect my VPCs?





 Interconnecting with on-premises networks 

IBM has the following offerings that can help you interconnect a VPC with an on-premises network.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link

You can interconnect a VPC with an on-prem network through both Direct Link Dedicated and Connect offerings. Keep in mind that you can connect direct links to either a local or remote IBM Cloud Transit Gateway, which allows the on-prem network to access all networks connected to the transit gateway.



* IBM Cloud Direct Link Dedicated provides low-latency, high-throughput connections between IBM Cloud VPC networks direct to a service provider-managed WAN, or a client-managed cloud backbone. You can optimize egress traffic from your VPC network and reduce your egress costs. If you can’t connect at an IBM Cloud data center, or don’t need more than 5 Gbps of bandwidth on a Virtual Network Connection, you can use IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect to connect to IBM Cloud through a supported service provider.

With IBM Cloud Direct Link Global Routing capabilities, you can connect to all IBM Cloud regions worldwide from a single IBM Cloud Direct Link connection. You can also take advantage of IBM Cloud Direct Link service provider partners to establish more secure hybrid connections for your workloads across the globe, as well as easily provision multiple connections as your capacity requirements increase.

Zoom

![Sample Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/b698ea8660e1f51664f7479f870bbf8840335d06/dl/includes/vpc/includes/vpc/images/direct-link-dedicated.png)

Example Direct Link on-premises interconnect use case
* IBM Cloud Direct Link Connect provides connectivity between your on-premises and IBM Cloud VPC networks through a supported service provider.
"url": "<your repo>"
},
"template_data": [
{
"folder": ".",
"type": "terraform_v0.12",
"env_values":
{
"TF_LOG":"debug"
}
]
}
]
}
* How can I import Cloud resources into a workspace?

Use the ibmcloud schematics workspace import --options value, -o value : Optional command and the sample syntax to import from command line. For more information, see [Schematics Workspaces import](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-schematics-cli-referenceschematics-workspace-import).

ibmcloud {{site.data.keyword.bpshort}} Workspaces import --id <workspace_id> --address <my terraform resource address> --resourceID <the CRN of the item to import> --options "-var IC_API_KEY=XXXXXXXX"

or

ibmcloud {{site.data.keyword.bpshort}} Workspaces import --id <workspace_id> --address <my terraform resource address> --resourceID <the CRN of the item to import> --options "--var-file=<path-to-var-file>"
* How can I download Job files?

Yes, you can download the Schematics Job files. For more information, see [Download Schematics Job files](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-job-download).
* How can I resolve Terraform resource timeout failures?

You need to update or increase the timeout value by 5 minutes or 10 minutes depending upon the service as shown in the Terraform block. Or you need to send null value to use the default values.

variable "create_timeout"
{
type = String
* If you can't find your product, make sure that you are in the correct account.
* If you are in the correct account and your product is not listed on the My Products, your product might have been deleted. You will need to start the onboarding process again.







 How soon is my product approved for publishing? 

You can expect your product to be reviewed and approved for publishing in 1 to 2 business days.





 Can I share my virtual server image with other users as a developer? 

Yes, you can share your virtual server image with other users. To share with users in your personal or enterprise account, see [Onboarding software to your account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-create-private-catalog&interface=ui). To share with IBM Cloud catalog users, see [Registering a virtual server image in IBM Cloud Partner Center](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-vsimage-register).





 How do I claim a certification or designation for my product? 

If you are a third-party provider, you can learn about certifications and designations in Partner Center. Go to [Partner Center](https://cloud.ibm.com/partner-center/sell), open your product, and click Certifications. Currently, SAP certification and financial services validated are represented in Partner Center.

Third-party products that complete SAP certification are added to [SAP's directory of certified and supported SAP HANA Hardware](https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN//solutions?filters=v:deCertified;iaas;ve:28). Third-party products that are financial services validated are added to the [IBM Cloud for Financial Services Partner Showcase](https://www.ibm.com/partners/showcase/financial-services).
Yes, you can mount file shares across different zones in your region.
* Can I mount file shares for my Kube containers?

 Can I mount file shares for my Kube containers? 

Yes. You can mount file shares by using the NFSv4.1 protocol.
* Can I mount same file shares between two virtual server instances?

 Can I mount same file shares between two virtual server instances? 

Yes, when the virtual server instances are in the same region.
* I use a load balancer across zones. Is there a way to copy the file share?

 I use a load balancer across zones. Is there a way to copy the file share? 

No.
* Are there any options for backup for data retention?

 Are there any options for backup for data retention? 

No. As a best practice, independently back up your data. When your file share data is deleted, it can't be restored.
* Are file shares elastic?

 Are file shares elastic? 

File shares are not elastic. Currently, you can provision minimum of 10 GB to maximum of 32,000 GB file shares, depending on the [file share profile](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-file-storage-profiles).
* Can I change the size of a file share?

 Can I change the size of a file share? 

You can increase the size of a file share from its original capacity in GB increments up to 32,000 GB capacity, depending on your [file share profile](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-file-storage-profiles). For more information, see [expanding file share capacity](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-file-storage-expand-capacity).
* Is there a way to replicate my file shares in case of events?

 Is there a way to replicate my file shares in case of events? 

Yes. You can create replicas of your file shares by setting up a replication relationship between primary file shares in one zone to replica file share in another zone.
You can assign users access to manage licenses and entitlements within an account. Any member of an account can view and use an account’s entitlement.



Table 13. Roles and example actions for the license and entitlement service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer Not applicable 
 Operator Not applicable 
 Editor Editors can create entitlements and view, update, bind, or delete only the entitlements they acquired. 
 Administrator Administrators can create entitlements and view, update, bind, or delete any entitlements in the account. 







 Partner Center 

You can give users access to view and edit partner profile details, offers, fast tracks, and to create and view support cases.



Table 14. Roles and example actions for the Partner Center service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer View details about partner profile, offers, fast tracks, support cases. 
 Editor View and edit partner profile, offers, and fast tracks. Create, edit, and view support cases. 
 Operator 
 Administrator View and edit partner profile, offers, and fast tracks. Create, edit, and view support cases. 







 Partner Center - Sell 

You can give users access to onboard, validate, and publish products.



Table 15. Roles and example actions for the Partner Center - Sell service

 Roles Actions 

 Administrator Create, edit, validate, and publish products 
 Editor Validate and edit products 
 Approver Approves or rejects a workflow instance's task 







 Projects 

You can give users access to configure, validate, and monitor Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments.



Table 16. Roles and example actions for the Project service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer View details about projects, configurations, and deployments. 
 Operator View details about projects, configurations, and deployments<br><br>Validate a configuration<br><br>Edit a configuration
A platform role controls a person's ability to access a service instance in IBM Cloud. Choose a platform role to assign to the user.



Table 1. Global platform role details

 Role Privileges of the users in this role 

 Administrator Access and change all resources for the instance, and invite other people to access the instance. 
 Viewer View the service instance, but cannot invite others to access the instance. 



The Editor and Operator platform roles are equivalent to the Administrator role.

At a minimum, you must give someone Viewer platform access to a service instance or they cannot access anything.





 Service roles 

A service role controls what a person can do in Watson Assistant.

When you assign a service role, you can decide whether to apply the service role to an instance, which effectively applies to every assistant and skill in the instance, or to a specific resource, such as one skill or one assistant.

The highest-level role assignment wins. You can give someone Reader access to everything in an instance, and Manager access to a single skill in that instance. But, you cannot do the opposite. You cannot give a person Manager access to all but one skill. If you assign someone to the Manager role at the instance level, you cannot limit the person's access to a resource in that instance by assigning the person to a Reader level access for a single skill, for example.



 Instance-level service roles 

Choose a service role for the user that will apply to all of the skills and assistants in the instance.



Table 2. Global service role details

 Role Privileges of the users in this role 

 Reader Open and read all assistants and skills in the service instance, but not edit them. 
 Writer Read, edit, delete, or create assistants and skill in the service instance. 
 Manager Read, edit, delete, or create assistants and skills in the service instance; view all conversation logs; access the v1 API for all skills in the instance. 







 Resource-level service roles 

To fine tune a person's level of access to individual skills and assistants within the instance, assign one or more resource-level service roles to the user.

You do not need to assign resource-level roles to people who already have access to all the resources based on their global service role.
This deletes filter b4dbe0a6-c52d-4128-cc32-6f53d86bc82b on gateway 9f559c43-63f4-4da5-b312-b525a8dce185 connection 6c1bdc19-4adb-4760-8cdc-ef3b74b626f7 and cannot be undone. Continue [y/N] ?> Y
Deleting filter b4dbe0a6-c52d-4128-cc32-6f53d86bc82b on gateway 9f559c43-63f4-4da5-b312-b525a8dce185 connection 6c1bdc19-4adb-4760-8cdc-ef3b74b626f7 under account bbstsdv1 - IBM as user Hasan.Mahmood.Khan@ibm.com...
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Filter b4dbe0a6-c52d-4128-cc32-6f53d86bc82b is deleted.









 Working with prefix filters with the API 

You can add prefix filters when you add a new connection with the API. You can also delete them.



 Adding prefix filters with the API 

To add prefix filters with the API, follow these steps:



 Request 

To add prefix filters with the API, adjust the following parameters:



Table 1. Path parameters for adding prefix filters

 Path parameters Details 

 transit_gateway_id <br>Required <br>string The transit gateway identifier 
 id <br>Required <br>string The connection identifier 





Table 2. Query parameters for adding prefix filters

 Query parameters Details 

 version <br>Required <br>string Requests the version of the API as of a date in the format YYYY-MM-DD. Any date up to the current date can be provided. Specify the current date to request the latest version. <br>Possible values: Value must match regular expression ^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$
"bytes_from_initiator": 12000,
"packets_from_initiator": 2212,
"bytes_from_target": 323232,
"packets_from_target": 3232
"cumulative_packets_from_initiator": 2212,
"cumulative_packets_from_target": 3232,
"cumulative_bytes_from_target": 323232,
"cumulative_bytes_from_initiator": 12000,
}
],
}





 Analyzing flow logs by using IBM Cloud SQL Query 

You can analyze flow logs with SQL that uses IBM Cloud® Data Engine by using the path to the objects on Object Storage in the FROM clause of your SQL query. (For an example, see Step 3 in [Viewing flow log objects](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-fl-analyze). However, for a more convenient way of querying, it is recommended that you create table and view definitions that give you a flattened view on your flows. For more information about table catalog functions and benefits, see [Getting started with the catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sql-query?topic=sql-query-getting_started_catalog).

The view flattens the flow log data structure; thus, making it easier to analyze your flows.

For more elaborate and repeatable analysis, such as when you want to collaborate and share your log analysis, it is recommended that you use IBM Cloud® Data Engine through Jupyter Notebooks (for example, through IBM Watson Studio). For a generic starter and demo notebook for IBM Cloud® Data Engine that you can use as basis for your work, see [Using IBM Cloud SQL Query](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/analytics/notebooks/v2/656c7d43-7ccd-4e50-a3c0-bbc37c001132/view?access_token=baaa77ad715e17a8f823615d45431329fde0fe92fecb85abb9fc55a877939fe8).
Getting started with the web console 

If you are logging in to watsonx.data instance for the first time, you will be presented with a quick start wizard. For details about the wizard, see the [Quick start watsonx.data console](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/watsonxdata?topic=watsonxdata-quick_start).

To start IBM® watsonx.data web console, complete the following steps:



1.  Log in to your IBM Cloud Account.
2.  Go to Resource list>Databases.
3.  Click your IBM® watsonx.data instance link. The service instance page opens.
4.  Click Open web console to start the web console.
5.  Log in to the console with your IBM ID and password.



After you log in to the watsonx.data web console, you are on the home page.

The home page provides information about the logged in user, the login timestamp, and region where the watsonx.data is created.

From the home page, you can go to the Infrastructure manager page where you can design your watsonx.data by provisioning engines, catalogs, buckets, and databases. You can also go to the Query workspace to create SQL queries to query your data.

The home page also shows alerts about your infrastructure and active queries.
Viewer Not applicable 
 Operator Not applicable 
 Editor Not applicable 
 Administrator View and update IBM Cloud Shell settings 
 Cloud Operator Create Cloud Shell environments to manage IBM Cloud resources. 
 Cloud Developer Create Cloud Shell environments to manage IBM Cloud resources and develop applications for IBM Cloud (Web Preview enabled). 
 File Manager Create Cloud Shell environments to manage IBM Cloudresources and manage files in your workspace (File Upload and File Download enabled). 







 License and entitlement 

You can assign users access to manage licenses and entitlements within an account. Any member of an account can view and use an account’s entitlement.



Table 13. Roles and example actions for the license and entitlement service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer Not applicable 
 Operator Not applicable 
 Editor Editors can create entitlements and view, update, bind, or delete only the entitlements they acquired. 
 Administrator Administrators can create entitlements and view, update, bind, or delete any entitlements in the account. 







 Partner Center 

You can give users access to view and edit partner profile details, offers, fast tracks, and to create and view support cases.



Table 14. Roles and example actions for the Partner Center service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer View details about partner profile, offers, fast tracks, support cases. 
 Editor View and edit partner profile, offers, and fast tracks. Create, edit, and view support cases. 
 Operator 
 Administrator View and edit partner profile, offers, and fast tracks. Create, edit, and view support cases. 







 Partner Center - Sell 

You can give users access to onboard, validate, and publish products.



Table 15. Roles and example actions for the Partner Center - Sell service

 Roles Actions 

 Administrator Create, edit, validate, and publish products 
 Editor Validate and edit products 
 Approver Approves or rejects a workflow instance's task 







 Projects 

You can give users access to configure, validate, and monitor Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments.



Table 16. Roles and example actions for the Project service

 Roles Actions 

 Viewer View details about projects, configurations, and deployments.
4. In the Connected instance section, click Connect.
5. Add a name to the connection and optionally provide a description.
6. Select the resource group and Event Notifications service instance that you want to connect.

If an IAM authorization between projects and Event Notifications doesn't exist in your account, a dialog is displayed. Follow the prompts to grant access between the services.



1. To grant access between projects and Event Notifications, click Authorize.
2. Select Event Notifications as the target service.
3. From the list of instances, select the Event Notifications service instance that you want to authorize.
4. Select the Event Source Manager role.
5. Click Review.
6. Click Assign.



7. Click Save.







 Connecting to Event Notifications with the API 

Before you can enable notifications for projects, be sure that you have an [Event Notifications service instance](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/event-notifications) that is in the same account as your projects instance. Then, you can connect to Event Notifications programmatically by calling the projects API.

The following example shows a query that you can use to register your projects source details with Event Notifications. When you call the API, replace the ID variables and IAM token with the values that are specific to your projects instance.

You can find the event_notifications_instance_crn value in the console by going to the Resource list page and clicking the Event Notifications instance row.

[enter API example here]

A successful response returns the CRN value of your connected Event Notifications service instance. For more information about the required and optional request parameters, see the [API docs](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/projects).







 Delivering notifications to select destinations 

After you enable notifications for projects, create topics and subscriptions in Event Notifications so that alerts can be forwarded and delivered to your selected destinations.