OpenMetadata/docs/install/metadata-ingestion/connectors/postgres.md

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description: This guide will help install Postgres connector and run manually
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# Postgres

## Postgres

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisites**

OpenMetadata is built using Java, DropWizard, Jetty, and MySQL.

1. Python 3.7 or above
2. Create and activate python env

   ```bash
   python3 -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   ```
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### Install

```bash
pip install '.[postgres]'
```

### Run Manually

```bash
metadata ingest -c ./pipelines/postgres.json
```

### Configuration

{% code title="postgres.json" %}
```javascript
{
  "source": {
    "type": "postgres",
    "config": {
      "username": "openmetadata_user",
      "password": "openmetadata_password",
      "host_port": "localhost:5432",
      "database": "pagila",
      "service_name": "local_postgres",
      "service_type": "POSTGRES",
      "include_pattern": {
        "deny": ["pg_openmetadata.*[a-zA-Z0-9]*","information_schema.*[a-zA-Z0-9]*"]      }
    }
  },
 ...
```
{% endcode %}

1. **username** - pass the Postgres username.
2. **password** - password for the Postgres username.
3. **service\_name** - Service Name for this Postgres cluster. If you added the Postgres cluster through OpenMetadata UI, make sure the service name matches the same.
4. **table\_pattern** - It contains allow, deny options to choose which pattern of datasets you want to ingest into OpenMetadata.
5. **database -** Database name from where data is to be fetched.