# IBM Db2 — LUW

Catalog and govern IBM Db2 for LUW assets in Atlan for discovery and governance.

## Required permissions

- [Preflight checks for IBM Db2 for LUW](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/ibm-db2-for-luw/preflight-checks-for-ibm-db2-for-luw/llms.txt): Before running the IBM Db2 for LUW crawler, run preflight checks to perform necessary technical validations.

## Setup options

- [Set up IBM Db2 for LUW](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/ibm-db2-for-luw/set-up-ibm-db2-for-luw/llms.txt): Create a least-privilege Db2 for LUW user and grant the catalog access Atlan needs to crawl metadata.

## Crawl and mine

- [Crawl IBM Db2 for LUW](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/ibm-db2-for-luw/crawl-ibm-db2-for-luw/llms.txt): Extract metadata from IBM Db2 for LUW to catalog databases, schemas, tables, views, columns, stored procedures, and functions in Atlan.

## Reference

- [How Atlan connects to IBM Db2 for LUW](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/ibm-db2-for-luw/how-atlan-connects-to-ibm-db2-for-luw/llms.txt): Understand how Atlan securely connects to your IBM Db2 for LUW server to extract metadata.
- [What does Atlan crawl from IBM Db2 for LUW?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/ibm-db2-for-luw/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-ibm-db2-for-luw/llms.txt): Metadata Atlan extracts from IBM Db2 for LUW - databases, schemas, tables, views, columns, stored procedures, and functions - mapped to Atlan assets.