Bathy DataBASE Server™ (BDB™ Server) is the data management component of the CARIS Bathy DataBASE suite of products. The primary role of BDB Server is to store and manage data in a server environment.
To accomplish this, a connection needs to be created between BDB Server and a relational database management system (RDBMS). BDB Server currently supports PostgreSQL for an RDBMS. This is used along with the Docker Desktop application and the Docker Compose configuration functionality. The CARIS BDB Server 6.0 Installation Guide provides details about the installation and configuration of the BDB Server and the other required applications.
Once installed, BDB Server is controlled through the Administration Tools application provided with the product suite. This is a web application accessed via a web browser. With this application, databases and users can be created and managed for each server instance. See Administration Tools for information on this application.
Interactions with the databases created in Administration Tools is done using:
• the CARIS BASE Manager module available in the BASE Editor application,
• the CARIS Rest API functionality, and
• the migration tools provided with BDB Server.
Information about the Rest API and migration tools is provided in this documentation, see Rest API and, Migration Tools. Information about the BASE Manager module is available through the BASE Editor application.