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

description
This guide will help install MsSQL connector and run manually

MSSQL

MSSQL

{% 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

   python3 -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   

{% endhint %}

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Install

pip install '.[mssql]'

Run Manually

metadata ingest -c ./pipelines/mssql.json

Configuration

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

{
  "source": {
    "type": "mssql",
    "config": {
      "host_port": "localhost:1433",
      "service_name": "local_mssql",
      "service_type": "MSSQL",
      "database":"catalog_test",
      "username": "sa",
      "password": "test!Password",
      "table_pattern": {
        "allow": ["catalog_test.*"]
      }
    }
  },
 ...

{% endcode %}

1. username - pass the mssql username.
2. password - password for the mssql username.
3. service_name - Service Name for this mssql cluster. If you added 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 initialised.
5. table_pattern - It contains allow, deny 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.