Add the S3 synchronization capability

After you have enabled the settings to integrate S3 and you have an S3 connection, you need to add the S3 synchronization capability to the connection.

Before you begin

Required permissions

Steps

  1. Open an Edge site.
    1. On the main menu, click , and then click Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of the Edge sites.
    3. In the table, click the name of the Edge site whose status is Healthy.
      The Edge site page opens.
  2. In the Capabilities section, click Add capability.
    The Add capability page is shown.
  3. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequired

    Capability

    This section contains general information about the capability.

    Name

    The name of the Edge capability.

    Yes

    Description

    The description of the Edge capability.

    No

    Capability template

    The capability template. The value that you select in this field determines which sections appear on the page.

    Select the following Edge capability:

    S3 synchronization

    Yes

    S3 service account

    		This section contains information about how to connect to Amazon S3.
    AWS Connection
    		The AWS connection to be used.

    Yes

    IAM role
    		The IAM role used by the AWS Glue crawlers.

    Yes

    Encryption options

    Select the type of encryption used to store the IAM role.

    Default: To be encrypted by Edge management server.

    Yes

    Delete Glue database left after previous synchronization of the file system

    Select the checkbox if you want the capability to delete the Glue databases created by previous runs of the capability, before the capability starts the synchronization.
    If you deselect this checkbox, the Glue databases created by previous runs are not removed. This can be useful for troubleshooting.

    By default, this checkbox is selected.

    No

    Save input metadata

    Select the checkbox if you want to save the input metadata extracted from the data source in ZIP files. The files can be useful for troubleshooting.
    Select this option only on request of Collibra Support. The Collibra Support team can provide the location of the saved ZIP files after the S3 synchronization.

    By default, this checkbox is not selected.

    No

  4. Click Create.
    The capability is added to the Edge site.
    The fields become read-only.

What's next?

The Edge preparations are completed. You can now continue with setup steps to integrate an Amazon S3 file system via Edge.