OpenMetadata/docs/install/metadata-ingestion/connectors/database-services/vertica.md

description
This guide will help install Vertica Usage connector and run manually

Vertica Usage

{% hint style="info" %} Prerequisites

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

1. Python 3.7 or above
2. OpenMetadata Server up and running {% endhint %}

Install from PyPI or Source

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pip install 'openmetadata-ingestion[vertica]'

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Run Manually

metadata ingest -c ./examples/workflows/vertica.json

Configuration

{% code title="vertica.json" %}

{
  "source": {
    "type": "vertica",
    "config": {
      "username": "openmetadata_user",
      "password": "openmetadata_password",
      "database": "openmetadata_db",
      "service_name": "local_vertica",
      "filter_pattern": {
        "excludes": []
      }
    }
  },

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1. **username **- pass the Vertica username.
2. password - password for the username.
3. service_name - Service Name for this Vertica cluster. If you added Vertica cluster through OpenMetadata UI, make sure the service name matches the same.
4. filter_pattern - It contains includes, excludes options to choose which pattern of datasets you want to ingest into OpenMetadata

Publish to OpenMetadata

Below is the configuration to publish Vertica Usage data into the OpenMetadata service.

Add Optionally query-parser processor, table-usage stage andmetadata-usage bulk_sink along with metadata-server config

{% code title="vertica.json" %}

{
  "source": {
    "type": "vertica",
    "config": {
      "username": "openmetadata_user",
      "password": "openmetadata_password",
      "database": "openmetadata_db",
      "service_name": "local_vertica",
      "filter_pattern": {
        "excludes": []
      }
    }
  },
  "sink": {
    "type": "metadata-rest",
    "config": {}
  },
  "metadata_server": {
    "type": "metadata-server",
    "config": {
      "api_endpoint": "http://localhost:8585/api",
      "auth_provider_type": "no-auth"
    }
  }
}

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