# Logging into PDFKeeper

These steps are only required when using PDFKeeper with a compatible, multi-user (on-prem or cloud) database management system.

On the PDFKeeper Login form:

For Oracle Database (on-prem):

1. Enter your database User name.

2. Enter your database Password.

3. Enter the Data source specified as host:port/service_name.

- host is the host name or IP address of the database server computer. If connecting to a database located on the same computer, the host name or IP address would be localhost or 127.0.0.1.

- port is the listening port number on the database server. If not specified, the default port number 1521 is assumed.

- service_name is the service name of the database instance or pluggable database to access. For Oracle Database Express Edition, specify XEPDB1. For Oracle Database Free, specify FREEPDB1.

4. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard.

For Oracle Autonomous Database (cloud):

1. Enter your database User name.

2. Enter your database Password.

3. Enter the Data source specified as the TNS name (mTLS only) or connection string (mTLS or TLS) from one of the available Connection Strings for the Autonomous Database.

4. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard.

For SQL Server:

1. Enter your database User name.

2. Enter your database Password.

3. Enter the Data source specified as host\instance_name or host,port.

- host is the host name or IP address of the database server computer. If connecting to a database located on the same computer, the host name or IP address would be localhost or 127.0.0.1.

- port is the listening port number on the database server.

- instance_name is the instance name of the SQL Server Database Engine you want to connect to. For SQL Server (not Express), do not specify instance_name if you accepted the default instance name MSSQLSERVER during the installation of SQL Server. For SQL Server Express, you can specify sqlexpress if you accepted the default instance name during the installation of SQL Server Express.

4. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard.

For MySQL:

1. Enter your database User name.

2. Enter your database Password.

3. Enter the Data source specified as the host name or IP address of the database server computer. If connecting to a database located on the same computer, the host name or IP address would be localhost or 127.0.0.1.

4. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard.