Create a datasource with unixODBC Driver Manager - Perceptive Content Database Driver Installation and Setup Guide - Foundation 25.1 - Foundation 25.1 - Ready - Perceptive Content - external - Perceptive-Content/Perceptive-Content-Database-Driver-Installation-and-Setup-Guide/Foundation-25.1/Perceptive-Content-Database-Driver-Installation-and-Setup-Guide/Configure-Linux-ODBC-Driver-Manager/Create-a-datasource-with-unixODBC-Driver-Manager - 2025-07-21 - The following set of steps is an example of configuring an ODBC datasource with unixODBC Driver Manager. For more information, see the installation and configuration guides provided by unixODBC.

The following set of steps is an example of configuring an ODBC datasource with unixODBC Driver Manager. For more information, see the installation and configuration guides provided by unixODBC.

1. Using a text editor, open a new file.
2. Copy and paste the following code into the file.

   [inow_mssql]
   Description=
   Driver=msodbcsql_17
   Server=<IP/hostname>
   Database=INOW

3. Save and close the text editor.
4. Run the following code to install the ODBC datasource, where new_datasource_template.txt is the name of your new file.

   odbcinst -i -s -l -f new_datasource_template.txt