Introducing Edge

Edge is a cluster of Linux servers for accessing and processing data close to where it resides. It helps to connect to data sources and process information within your data landscape.

Edge enables Collibra Data Intelligence Platform to safely connect to your data sources hosted in an on-premise or cloud environment. It processes the data source information on the Edge site and sends the process results to Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.

Edge Responsibilities

The ownership of responsibility over the various Edge components is shared between you and Collibra. The diagram below illustrates which components you are responsible for and have control over, and those which belong to Collibra.

Edge for commercial customers or Collibra Cloud for Government
Edge for Collibra Platform Self-Hosted

Edge for commercial customers or Collibra Cloud for Government are Collibra solutions that allows your Collibra Data Intelligence Platform to safely connect to your data sources hosted in an on-premise or cloud environment.

Collibra Platform Self-Hosted (CPSH) is a Collibra solution that allows you to install your Collibra Data Intelligence Platform on an infrastructure of your choice. For Edge, this means that you are hosting both your Collibra platform and your Edge site. For more information about CPSH, go to our CPSH documentation.

Edge components

Edge consists of three main components:

An Edge configuration page in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform to create and install Edge sites.
An Edge integration capability repository that resides on the Collibra Platform and contains all capabilities that can run on an Edge site.
An Edge site that is installed close to a data source in the customer's environment, whether it's in the cloud or on the customer's premises. The Edge site installer includes the Edge CLI tool which allows you to install sites on managed Kubernetes clusters and manage configurations such as vaults and Shared Storage connections.

Integration steps

The following table shows which steps you have to take to set up Edge.

Step	Description	Required permissions
1	Create an Edge site via Collibra Data Intelligence Platform Settings.	You have a global role with the Manage Edge sites global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.
2	Install the Edge site close to the data source you want to access. You can only install an Edge site on a Linux system that meets the necessary system requirements.	You have a global role with the Install Edge sites global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.
3	Update the credentials of the Edge site user.	You have a global role with the Connect Edge sites to Collibra global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.

Step

Description

Required permissions

Create an Edge site via Collibra Data Intelligence Platform Settings.

You have a global role with the Manage Edge sites global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.

Install the Edge site close to the data source you want to access.

You can only install an Edge site on a Linux system that meets the necessary system requirements.

You have a global role with the Install Edge sites global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.

Update the credentials of the Edge site user.

You have a global role with the Connect Edge sites to Collibra global permission in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.