You can install the node-ibm_db driver
on Linux and UNIX systems for use with Node.js applications.
Before you begin
You must install the IBM® Data
Server Driver Package product on the system
where you are installing or running the Node.js application:
Procedure
To install the node-ibm_db driver:
- Set the IBM_DB_HOME environment variable
to your IBM data server product
installation directory by issuing the following command:
export IBM_DB_HOME=DB2HOME
where
DB2HOME is the directory where
the
IBM Data
Server Driver Package product is installed. For example,
if the client package is installed in the
/home/db2inst1/dsdriver directory, issue
the following command:
export IBM_DB_HOME=/home/db2inst1/dsdriver
- Issue the npm install command:
npm install ibm_db
What to do next
Before you run any Node.js application that connects to an IBM database server, you must ensure
that the node-ibm_db driver can access the
CLI driver
by sourcing the
db2profile script. The script
is in the
IBM Data
Server Driver Package product installation
directory. To source the script, issue the following command:
source DB2HOME/db2profile
DB2 Version 10.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows