IBM i 7.2+ on your target system: Older versions of the OS may work but I have not tested against them. I Access Client Solutions ODBC driver: You’ll need this driver available only from IBM. You may also need to apt-get install unixodbc-dev if you get errors about a missing sql.h file.

On Ubuntu you can install this with apt-get install unixodbc. UnixODBC (if on Linux or in PASE for i): Windows ships with ODBC installed, but on Linux you’ll need unixodbc. Those two packages rely on and automatically install a binary driver for DB2, while this package relies on you already having install the i Access Client Solutions ODBC driver available on IBM’s support/download site. Other work in this area includes the ibm_db and ibm_db_sa projects, which also provide access to DB2 and support SQLAlchemy. On up-to-date systems (7.2+ with latest PTFs) you can also use this driver locally on your i Series machine, making local development of server code more feasible. Provides support for DB2 for iSeries for remote python clients using IBM i Access Client Solutions ODBC driver.