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

description
This guide will help install Postgres connector and run manually

Postgres

Postgres

{% 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 %}

Install

pip install '.[postgres]'

Run Manually

metadata ingest -c ./pipelines/postgres.json

Configuration

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

{
  "source": {
    "type": "postgres",
    "config": {
      "username": "catalog_user",
      "password": "catalog_password",
      "host_port": "localhost:5432",
      "database": "pagila",
      "service_name": "local_postgres",
      "service_type": "POSTGRES",
      "table_pattern": {
        "deny": ["pg_catalog.*[a-zA-Z0-9]*","information_schema.*[a-zA-Z0-9]*"]      }
    }
  },
 ...

{% endcode %}

1. username - pass the Postgres username.
2. password - 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. table_pattern - It contains allow, deny options to choose which pattern of datasets you want to ingest into OpenMetadata.
5. database - Database name from where data is to be fetched.