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

description
This guide will help install Postgres connector and run manually

Postgres

{% 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[postgres]'

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Run Manually

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

Configuration

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

{
  "source": {
    "type": "postgres",
    "config": {
      "username": "openmetadata_user",
      "password": "openmetadata_password",
      "host_port": "localhost:5432",
      "database": "pagila",
      "service_name": "local_postgres"
    }
  },
 ...

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1. username - pass the Postgres username.
2. password - the password for the Postgres username.
3. service_name - Service Name for this Postgres cluster. If you added the Postgres 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.
5. database - Database name from where data is to be fetched.

Publish to OpenMetadata

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

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

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

{
  "source": {
    "type": "postgres",
    "config": {
      "username": "openmetadata_user",
      "password": "openmetadata_password",
      "host_port": "localhost:5432",
      "database": "pagila",
      "service_name": "local_postgres"
    }
  },
  "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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