How to Connect to Vertica

The Connection Dialog and the fields available there ( host, port, user, database, SSH ) are explained in the Connection dialog page.
Tip Firewalls & anti-viruses may block database connections. Read How to enable Firewall connections.

Guided Installation

Download Vertica virtual machine ( .ova ) from https://my.vertica.com/dashboard/ Also download and install Virtual Box. Import the ova file in Virtual box. Starting the machine will ask for password. Enter 'password' in the input field. Turn network on:

Admintools

Use 'admintools' to create and start a database, for example 'test'. When creating the database you will be asked for a password for the database.

Connect from DbSchema using the user dbadmin and the password used to create the database.

Admintools

In admintools you can get also a database prompt. Please notice, the CREATE TABLE statements have to be in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Admintools

Firewall can be stopped using 
sudo service iptables stop