Creating Repository (Repo)

This topic explains the concept of the repository and provides detailed steps on how to create it. The repository is a server instance of your data source. It provides space or location to store metadata.

Here is the step-by-step process for creating a metadata repository.

Click (top right corner) on the Data Catalog page. Select Repository.

In Repository Name, provide a preferred name for the repository.
In Category , select the required data warehouse or database in the dropdown list.
In Type , select the category type in the dropdown list and provide the input requirements based on the category type selection.

The Input column in the table below provides the input requirements based on the category type selection.

Category	Types	Input
Big Data	Databricks Lakehouse	Host address: Provide host address to connect the server instance. Port number: Provide the port number such as 443. Cluster name: Specify the cluster name. JDBC URL: Provide the connection URL to identify the database and to connect to it, for example, jdbc:spark://<address>;<transportMode>;<httpPath>;<Authentication Mechanism>;<UID>; <Password>.
	Databricks
	Google Cloud BigQuery	Project ID: Specify the unique identifier for a project in GCP account. Authentication Email Address: Provide a valid email id that is used for authentication. Authentication Key Files: Upload the .json file that contains the authentication credentials.
	Hive	Variant: Provide the Hive variant such as EMR Hive, Azure HDInsight. Hive version: Provide Hive version such as 1.1.x, 1,2.x, 2.1.x, 3.x. Metastore URL: Provides the URL of the remote server from which metadata is obtained. For example, thrift://impetus-dsrv13.impetus.co.in:9083. JDBC URL: Provide the JDBC URL to identify the database and to connect to it. Edge Node Host: Provide edge node host address for communication with other nodes in the cluster. Edge Node Port: Provide edge node port number. Edge Node Username: Provide edge node username. Edge Node Password: Provide edge node password. Authentication type: Choose the authentication type: Kerberos: It is a network authentication protocol. Non-Kerberos: Authentication protocol type other than Kerberos.
	Spark	Distro version: Specify the distro version such as CDH-7. Spark JDBC URL: Provide the Spark JDBC connection URL. Edge Node Host: Provide edge node host address for communication with other nodes in the cluster. Edge Node Port: Provide edge node port number. Edge Node Username: Provide edge node username. Edge Node Password: Provide edge node port password. Authentication parameters: Provide additional parameters like key and its values. Authentication type: Choose the authentication type: Kerberos: It is a network authentication protocol. Non-Kerberos: Authentication protocol type other than Kerberos.
DDL	Greenplum	DDL files: Upload the DDL files. Schema name: Provide the required schema name otherwise the default schema name is used. By default, all the tables are created in the ‘Default schema’.
	Netezza
	Oracle
	SQL Server
	Teradata
	Vertica
ETL	AWS Glue	Nil
File System	Amazon S3	Nil
	Azure Data Lake Storage	Choose the required version.
	DBFS	API Version: Provide the API version such as 2.0. Instance Name: Prove the instance name.
	File Transfer Protocol	Provide Host address and Port number.
	File Transfer Protocol
	Secured File Transfer Protocol
	Unix File System	Host Address: Specify the Host Address as "localhost" if the files reside on the local machine, else, provide the IP address. Port Number: Provide the port number.
	Google Cloud Storage	Upload the authentication key file (JSON file format).
	HDFS	URI: Provide URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to access HDFS. Authentication Type: Choose the Authentication Type: Kerberos: It is a network authentication protocol. Non-Kerberos: Authentication protocol type other than Kerberos.



MPP	Teradata	Provide Host address and Port number.
MPP	Netezza	Provide Host address and Port number.
RDBMS	Azure Synapse	Provide the JDBC connection URL to identify the database and to connect to it.
	SQL Server
	Oracle	Provide Host address and Port number.
	Redshift
	Vertica
	PostgreSQL
	Other
	Greenplum
	Snowflake	Provide the Host address.
	Cloud SQL for Postgres	Public IP: Provide the public IP address. Instance Name: Provide the instance name. Authentication Key File: Provide the authentication key file (JSON file format).
Business Intelligence	Power BI	Provide workspace name.
	Amazon QuickSight	Nil
	Looker	Nil
Version Control System	Git	Nil

If the selected category type is Teradata, in Host Address enter the host address to connect to the server instance of your data source.
In Port Number, enter the port number that corresponds to your data source.

In Tags and Description , enter the labels and descriptions.
In Email , provide your e-mail address to receive system-generated repository updates such as editing tags, deleting the repository, changing the repository name, etc.

Click (top right corner) on the Repository page to create a repository. As soon as the Repository is added successfully, the system displays a snackbar pop-up window. Click Yes, to add or associate a data source with the repository, otherwise, click No.

To add data source to the created repository, see Creating Data Source.