---
title: Run Athena Connector using the CLI
slug: /connectors/database/athena/cli
---
# Run Athena using the metadata CLI
In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Athena connector.
Configure and schedule Athena metadata and profiler workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Metadata Ingestion](#metadata-ingestion)
- [Data Profiler](#data-profiler)
- [DBT Integration](#dbt-integration)
## Requirements
To deploy OpenMetadata, check the Deployment guides.
To run the Ingestion via the UI you'll need to use the OpenMetadata Ingestion Container, which comes shipped with
custom Airflow plugins to handle the workflow deployment.
### Python Requirements
To run the Athena ingestion, you will need to install:
```bash
pip3 install "openmetadata-ingestion[athena]"
```
## 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/database/athenaConnection.json)
you can find the structure to create a connection to Athena.
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 Athena:
```yaml
source:
type: athena
serviceName: local_athena
serviceConnection:
config:
type: Athena
awsConfig:
awsAccessKeyId: KEY
awsSecretAccessKey: SECRET
awsRegion: us-east-2
# endPointURL: https://athena.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/
# awsSessionToken: TOKEN
s3StagingDir: s3 directory for datasource
workgroup: workgroup name
sourceConfig:
config:
markDeletedTables: true
includeTables: true
includeViews: true
# includeTags: true
# databaseFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - database1
# - database2
# excludes:
# - database3
# - database4
# schemaFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - schema1
# - schema2
# excludes:
# - schema3
# - schema4
# tableFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - table1
# - table2
# excludes:
# - table3
# - table4
# For DBT, choose one of Cloud, Local, HTTP, S3 or GCS configurations
# dbtConfigSource:
# # For cloud
# dbtCloudAuthToken: token
# dbtCloudAccountId: ID
# # For Local
# dbtCatalogFilePath: path-to-catalog.json
# dbtManifestFilePath: path-to-manifest.json
# # For HTTP
# dbtCatalogHttpPath: http://path-to-catalog.json
# dbtManifestHttpPath: http://path-to-manifest.json
# # For S3
# dbtSecurityConfig: # These are modeled after all AWS credentials
# awsAccessKeyId: KEY
# awsSecretAccessKey: SECRET
# awsRegion: us-east-2
# dbtPrefixConfig:
# dbtBucketName: bucket
# dbtObjectPrefix: "dbt/"
# # For GCS
# dbtSecurityConfig: # These are modeled after all GCS credentials
# type: My Type
# projectId: project ID
# privateKeyId: us-east-2
# privateKey: |
# -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
# Super secret key
# -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
# clientEmail: client@mail.com
# clientId: 1234
# authUri: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth (default)
# tokenUri: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token (default)
# authProviderX509CertUrl: https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs (default)
# clientX509CertUrl: https://cert.url (URI)
# dbtPrefixConfig:
# dbtBucketName: bucket
# dbtObjectPrefix: "dbt/"
sink:
type: metadata-rest
config: {}
workflowConfig:
# loggerLevel: DEBUG # DEBUG, INFO, WARN or ERROR
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort:
authProvider:
```
#### Source Configuration - Service Connection
- **awsAccessKeyId**: Enter your secure access key ID for your Athena connection. The specified key ID should be authorized to read all databases you want to include in the metadata ingestion workflow.
- **awsSecretAccessKey**: Enter the Secret Access Key (the passcode key pair to the key ID from above).
- **awsRegion**: Enter the location of the amazon cluster that your data and account are associated with.
- **awsSessionToken**: The AWS session token is an optional parameter. If you want, enter the details of your temporary session token.
- **endPointURL**: Your Athena connector will automatically determine the AWS Athena endpoint URL based on the region. You may override this behavior by entering a value to the endpoint URL.
- **s3StagingDir**: The S3 staging directory is an optional parameter. Enter a staging dirrectory to override the default staging directory for AWS Athena.
- **workgroup**: The Athena workgroup is an optional parameter. If you wish to have your Athena connection related to an existing AWS workgroup add your workgroup name here.
- **Connection Options (Optional)**: Enter the details for any additional connection options that can be sent to Athena during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.
- **Connection Arguments (Optional)**: Enter the details for any additional connection arguments such as security or protocol configs that can be sent to Athena during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.
- In case you are using Single-Sign-On (SSO) for authentication, add the `authenticator` details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: `"authenticator" : "sso_login_url"`
- In case you authenticate with SSO using an external browser popup, then add the `authenticator` details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: `"authenticator" : "externalbrowser"`
#### Source Configuration - Source Config
The `sourceConfig` is defined [here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceMetadataPipeline.json):
- `markDeletedTables`: To flag tables as soft-deleted if they are not present anymore in the source system.
- `includeTables`: true or false, to ingest table data. Default is true.
- `includeViews`: true or false, to ingest views definitions.
- `databaseFilterPattern`, `schemaFilterPattern`, `tableFilternPattern`: Note that the they support regex as include or exclude. E.g.,
```yaml
tableFilterPattern:
includes:
- users
- type_test
```
#### Sink Configuration
To send the metadata to OpenMetadata, it needs to be specified as `type: metadata-rest`.
#### Workflow Configuration
The main property here is the `openMetadataServerConfig`, where you can define the host and security provider of your OpenMetadata installation.
For a simple, local installation using our docker containers, this looks like:
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: openmetadata
securityConfig:
jwtToken: '{bot_jwt_token}'
```
We support different security providers. You can find their definitions [here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/tree/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/security/client).
You can find the different implementation of the ingestion below.
### Openmetadata JWT Auth
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: openmetadata
securityConfig:
jwtToken: '{bot_jwt_token}'
```
### Auth0 SSO
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: auth0
securityConfig:
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
secretKey: '{your_client_secret}'
domain: '{your_domain}'
```
### Azure SSO
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: azure
securityConfig:
clientSecret: '{your_client_secret}'
authority: '{your_authority_url}'
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
scopes:
- your_scopes
```
### Custom OIDC SSO
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: custom-oidc
securityConfig:
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
secretKey: '{your_client_secret}'
domain: '{your_domain}'
```
### Google SSO
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: google
securityConfig:
secretKey: '{path-to-json-creds}'
```
### Okta SSO
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: http://localhost:8585/api
authProvider: okta
securityConfig:
clientId: "{CLIENT_ID - SPA APP}"
orgURL: "{ISSUER_URL}/v1/token"
privateKey: "{public/private keypair}"
email: "{email}"
scopes:
- token
```
### Amazon Cognito SSO
The ingestion can be configured by [Enabling JWT Tokens](https://docs.open-metadata.org/deployment/security/enable-jwt-tokens)
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: auth0
securityConfig:
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
secretKey: '{your_client_secret}'
domain: '{your_domain}'
```
### OneLogin SSO
Which uses Custom OIDC for the ingestion
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: custom-oidc
securityConfig:
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
secretKey: '{your_client_secret}'
domain: '{your_domain}'
```
### KeyCloak SSO
Which uses Custom OIDC for the ingestion
```yaml
workflowConfig:
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort: 'http://localhost:8585/api'
authProvider: custom-oidc
securityConfig:
clientId: '{your_client_id}'
secretKey: '{your_client_secret}'
domain: '{your_domain}'
```
### 2. Run with the CLI
First, we will need to save the YAML file. Afterward, and with all requirements installed, we can run:
```bash
metadata ingest -c
```
Note that from connector to connector, this recipe will always be the same. By updating the YAML configuration,
you will be able to extract metadata from different sources.
## Data Profiler
The Data Profiler workflow will be using the `orm-profiler` processor.
While the `serviceConnection` will still be the same to reach the source system, the `sourceConfig` will be
updated from previous configurations.
### 1. Define the YAML Config
This is a sample config for the profiler:
```yaml
source:
type: athena
serviceName:
serviceConnection:
config:
type: Athena
awsConfig:
awsAccessKeyId: KEY
awsSecretAccessKey: SECRET
awsRegion: us-east-2
# endPointURL: https://athena.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/
# awsSessionToken: TOKEN
s3StagingDir: s3 directory for datasource
workgroup: workgroup name
sourceConfig:
config:
type: Profiler
# generateSampleData: true
# profileSample: 85
# threadCount: 5 (default)
# databaseFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - database1
# - database2
# excludes:
# - database3
# - database4
# schemaFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - schema1
# - schema2
# excludes:
# - schema3
# - schema4
# tableFilterPattern:
# includes:
# - table1
# - table2
# excludes:
# - table3
# - table4
processor:
type: orm-profiler
config: {} # Remove braces if adding properties
# tableConfig:
# - fullyQualifiedName:
# profileSample: # default will be 100 if omitted
# profileQuery:
# columnConfig:
# excludeColumns:
# -
# includeColumns:
# - columnName:
# - metrics:
# - MEAN
# - MEDIAN
# - ...
# partitionConfig:
# enablePartitioning:
# partitionColumnName:
# partitionInterval:
# partitionIntervalUnit:
sink:
type: metadata-rest
config: {}
workflowConfig:
# loggerLevel: DEBUG # DEBUG, INFO, WARN or ERROR
openMetadataServerConfig:
hostPort:
authProvider:
```
#### Source Configuration
- You can find all the definitions and types for the `serviceConnection` [here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/services/connections/database/athenaConnection.json).
- The `sourceConfig` is defined [here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceProfilerPipeline.json).
Note that the filter patterns support regex as includes or excludes. E.g.,
```yaml
tableFilterPattern:
includes:
- *users$
```
#### Processor
Choose the `orm-profiler`. Its config can also be updated to define tests from the YAML itself instead of the UI:
```yaml
processor:
type: orm-profiler
config:
tableConfig:
- fullyQualifiedName:
profileSample:
partitionConfig:
partitionField:
partitionQueryDuration:
partitionValues:
profileQuery:
columnConfig:
excludeColumns:
-
includeColumns:
- columnName:
- metrics:
- MEAN
- MEDIAN
- ...
```
`tableConfig` allows you to set up some configuration at the table level.
All the properties are optional. `metrics` should be one of the metrics listed [here](https://docs.open-metadata.org/connectors/ingestion/workflows/profiler/metrics)
#### Workflow Configuration
The same as the metadata ingestion.
### 2. Run with the CLI
After saving the YAML config, we will run the command the same way we did for the metadata ingestion:
```bash
metadata profile -c
```
Note how instead of running `ingest`, we are using the `profile` command to select the Profiler workflow.
## DBT Integration
You can learn more about how to ingest DBT models' definitions and their lineage [here](https://docs.open-metadata.org/connectors/ingestion/workflows/metadata/dbt).