OpenMetadata/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.2.x/connectors/pipeline/airbyte/yaml.md

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title: Run the Airbyte Connector Externally
slug: /connectors/pipeline/airbyte/yaml
---

# Run the Airbyte Connector Externally

| Stage           | PROD                         |
|-----------------|------------------------------|
| Pipelines       | {% icon iconName="check" /%} |
| Pipeline Status | {% icon iconName="check" /%} |
| Owners          | {% icon iconName="cross" /%} |
| Tags            | {% icon iconName="cross" /%} |
| Lineage         | {% icon iconName="check" /%} |

In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Airbyte connector.

Configure and schedule Airbyte metadata and profiler workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:

- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Metadata Ingestion](#metadata-ingestion)

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/external-ingestion-deployment.md" /%}

## Requirements

{%inlineCallout icon="description" bold="OpenMetadata 0.12 or later" href="/deployment"%}
To deploy OpenMetadata, check the Deployment guides.
{% /inlineCallout %}



### Python Requirements

To run the Airbyte ingestion, you will need to install:

```bash
pip3 install "openmetadata-ingestion[airbyte]"
```

## Metadata Ingestion

All connectors are defined as JSON Schemas.
[Here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/services/connections/pipeline/airbyteConnection.json)
you can find the structure to create a connection to Airbyte.

In order to create and run a Metadata Ingestion workflow, we will follow
the steps to create a YAML configuration able to connect to the source,
process the Entities if needed, and reach the OpenMetadata server.

The workflow is modeled around the following
[JSON Schema](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/workflow.json)

### 1. Define the YAML Config

This is a sample config for Airbyte:

{% codePreview %}

{% codeInfoContainer %}

#### Source Configuration - Service Connection

{% codeInfo srNumber=1 %}

**hostPort**: Pipeline Service Management UI URL


{% /codeInfo %}


{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/pipeline/source-config-def.md" /%}

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/ingestion-sink-def.md" /%}

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/workflow-config-def.md" /%}


{% /codeInfoContainer %}

{% codeBlock fileName="filename.yaml" %}


```yaml
source:
  type: airbyte
  serviceName: airbyte_source
  serviceConnection:
    config:
      type: Airbyte
```
```yaml {% srNumber=1 %}
      hostPort: http://localhost:8000
```

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/pipeline/source-config.md" /%}

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/ingestion-sink.md" /%}

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/workflow-config.md" /%}

{% /codeBlock %}

{% /codePreview %}

{% partial file="/v1.2/connectors/yaml/ingestion-cli.md" /%}