Apache Atlas Connector

Modified on: Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 11:35 AM

This article describes how DataGalaxy Apache Atlas connector works.

This connector is available in the following modes:

SaaS Online mode ❌

⚠ The connector allows you to retrieve only the metadata from Apache Atlas. To connect to MongoDB Atlas, please use the MongoDB Online connector.

Connector Overview

Atlas connector imports metadata from a database into a DataGalaxy database source object.

The extracted objects and their correspondences are detailed in the following table:

Atlas Object	DataGalaxy Object	Comments
Connection	Model (Container)	For a Hive table, the connection will correspond to the HDFS path targeting the source data files
Table	Table (Structure)	Extraction of the following entity types: hbase_table, hive_table and Table
Column	Column

Download DataGalaxy connector from the portal (see here)
Extract the connector archive in the directory of your choice
Download the Atlas plug-in from the portal and copy it into the /lib directory of the connector

Parameter	Mandatory	Description
Protocol	Yes	Protocol selection: HTTP or HTTPS
Server	Yes	Apache Atlas server name
Port	Yes	9200 by default, to be modified if the server configuration is different
User	Yes
Password	Yes
Path	No	parameter that allows to add a prefix to the Atlas connection URL

These parameters will be used to build the Atlas REST API endpoint address:
protocol://server:port/path/api/atlas/v2/...

The Apache Atlas connector uses the server's REST API, more information available here: https://atlas.apache.org/api/v2/index.html

Date	Plugin Version	DataGalaxy release	Desktop Connector version (minimum)	Description
23/08/2024	4.0.2	v3.69.0	5.2.3	Updated the logger to show more information when using verbose mode
16/07/2024	4.0.1	v3.59.0	5.0.1	Migrated from java 11 to java 17