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Client Tools and Drivers ​

Yellowbrick provides ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET drivers and a suite of client tools. For information about supported drivers, see Downloading Drivers.

The ybtools package consists of the following client tools:

Supported Client Platforms ​

The client tools are supported on the following platforms:

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 22.04 LTS
  • RHEL and CentOS 7, 8, and 9
  • AIX 7.2
  • macOS 10.10 and later
  • Windows Server 2012 and later, and Windows 10

Important: ybrelay is not supported on Windows clients.

OpenSSL and OpenLDAP Libraries ​

The ybtools package on Linux client platforms depends on:

  • OpenSSL: libssl 1.0
  • OpenLDAP: libldap-2.4-2

If necessary, you can install these libraries as follows:

  • Ubuntu: apt-get install openssl
  • RHEL and CentOS: yum install openssl

Client Downloads ​

You can download the appropriate ybtools package for your operating system either from Yellowbrick Manager or from the Yellowbrick Customer Support site. Check your Yellowbrick server version first so you can download the corresponding version of the tools. If you do not have access to either of these portals, contact your system administrator. To download ybtools from Yellowbrick Manager, navigate to Support → Drivers and Tools:

Note: The Generic package consists of the Java-based bulk load and backup tools. The other tools are platform-specific and cannot be part of this Generic package. This package may be useful if your client platform is not among those listed or is incompatible with those provided.

The tools can also now be downloaded as a docker container that you can spin up in your environment. For more information on installation and usage instructions, please refer to installing ybtools on docker.