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

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**Prerequisites**

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

1. Python 3.7 or above
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### Install from PyPI

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{% tab title="Install Using PyPI" %}
```bash
pip install 'openmetadata-ingestion[mssql]'
```
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## Run Manually

```bash
metadata ingest -c ./examples/workflows/mssql.json
```

### Configuration

{% code title="mssql.json" %}
```javascript
{
  "source": {
    "type": "mssql",
    "config": {
      "host_port": "localhost:1433",
      "service_name": "local_mssql",
      "database": "catalog_test",
      "query": "select top 50 * from {}.{}",
      "username": "sa",
      "password": "test!Password",
      "filter_pattern": {
        "excludes": ["catalog_test.*"]
      }
    }
  },
 ...
```
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1. **username** - pass the mssql username.
2. **password** - the password for the mssql username.
3. **service\_name** - Service Name for this mssql cluster. If you added the mssql cluster through OpenMetadata UI, make sure the service name matches the same.
4. **host\_port** - Hostname and Port number where the service is being initialized.
5. **filter\_pattern** - It contains includes, excludes options to choose which pattern of datasets you want to ingest into OpenMetadata
6. **database** - Database name from where data is to be fetched from.

## Publish to OpenMetadata

Below is the configuration to publish mssql data into the OpenMetadata service.

Add Optionally `pii` processor and `metadata-rest` sink along with `metadata-server` config

{% code title="mssql.json" %}
```javascript
{
  "source": {
    "type": "mssql",
    "config": {
      "host_port": "localhost:1433",
      "service_name": "local_mssql",
      "database": "catalog_test",
      "query": "select top 50 * from {}.{}",
      "username": "sa",
      "password": "test!Password",
      "filter_pattern": {
        "excludes": ["catalog_test.*"]
      }
    }
  },
  "sink": {
    "type": "metadata-rest",
    "config": {}
  },
  "metadata_server": {
    "type": "metadata-server",
    "config": {
      "api_endpoint": "http://localhost:8585/api",
      "auth_provider_type": "no-auth"
    }
  }
}

 ...
```
{% endcode %}