Install the lineage harvester

Before you can use the lineage harvester, you need to download it and install it. You can download the lineage harvester from the Collibra Community downloads page.

Tip   Install your lineage harvester close to your data source or on the same server.

Tip   If you only want to install the lineage harvester for:

• Power BI ingestion, click here.
• Looker ingestion, click here.

Warning   If you upgrade to lineage harvester 1.3.0 or newer, you have to follow an upgrade procedure.

Prerequisites

• You have purchased Collibra Data Lineage.
• You have Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud 5.7.3 or newer.
• You meet the minimum system requirements.
• You have installed Java Runtime Environment version 8 or newer.
• You have added Firewall rules so that the lineage harvester can connect to:
  • All Collibra Data Lineage servers within your geographical location:
  • 18.198.89.106 (techlin-aws-eu)
  • 54.242.194.190 (techlin-aws-us)
  • 15.222.200.199 (techlin-aws-ca)
  • 35.205.146.124 (techlin-gcp-eu)
  • 34.73.33.120 (techlin-gcp-us)
  • 35.197.182.41 (techlin-gcp-au)
  • The host names of all databases in the lineage harvester configuration file.

Steps

1. Download the lineage harvester.
2. Unzip the archive.
   You can now access the lineage harvester folder.
3. Run the following command line to start the lineage harvester:
   • Windows: .\bin\lineage-harvester.bat
   • for other operating systems: chmod +x bin/lineage-harvester and then bin/lineage-harvester
   An empty configuration file is created in the lineage harvester config folder.
The lineage harvester is installed automatically. You can check the installation by running ./bin/lineage-harvester --help.

What's next?

You can now prepare the lineage harvester configuration file and run the lineage harvester again.