Preparing an database for use with

You need to use a script to prepare an for use with .

Before you begin

Ensure that you have a server ready for use. For information, see Installing and configuring an IBM Db2 database.
Create a database user (dbuser). For example, wcs.
.

If you are using a remote server, transfer the WCDE_installdir/bin/create_database_db2.bat/sh script to your remote server into a directory that a database administrator can access.

Note: The create_database_db2.sh script is for on Linux and the create_database_db2.bat script is for on Windows.
Add execute permissions to be able to run the script.
```
chmod +x create_database_db2.sh
```
Log on as a system administrator or database administrator.
Open a command line interface.

Note: Open the command line processor (db2cmd.exe). If the command line processor automatically displays the db2> prompt, enter quit to exit.
Go to the create_database_db2 script.
Run the script to create a database.
- ```
./create_database_db2.sh <dbName> <dbaUser> <dbaPassword> <dbUser> 
```
- ```
create_database_db2.bat <dbName> <dbaUser> <dbaPassword> <dbUser> 
```
dbName

The name of the database that you want to create.

dbaUser

The database administrator.

dbaPassword

The database administrator password.

dbUser

The name of a database user.
For example,
```
./create_database_db2.sh mall db2admin passw0rd wcs
```
Note: If you need to troubleshoot any issues, the log file createdb.db2.log is created in the same directory as the script file.
Back up the database.
For more information about how to back up, see .

Configure the development environment to use a by following the steps in Changing the development database type by using the setdbtype command.