About Edge

Updated: May 6, 2025

Edge provides seamless native integrations and on-site data processing solutions that prioritize security and proximity to the data, while keeping the processing of your data within your own environment. With these integrations and solutions, Collibra Platform can 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.

We also offer Collibra Cloud sites for customers with limited resources for hosting their own Edge site. Collibra Cloud sites offer a fast implementation process to allow you to start ingesting your data more quickly.

Steps Overview: Setup and use a site

Creating and setting up a site allows you to connect your data sources with your Collibra Platform.

#	Step	Description
1	Create an Edge site in the UI or request a Collibra Cloud site.	A site is where you will manage your connections and capabilities. Edge sites: When you create an Edge site, you can choose to either upgrade automatically whenever a new version is released, or upgrade manually in order to control when and to which version your sites are upgraded. Once you create your Edge site in the UI, you must install it in your organization's environment. Collibra Cloud sites: Collibra creates and manages the Collibra Cloud site for you. You must submit a request to Collibra, you can't create the site yourself. Collibra Cloud site upgrade automatically, so they're always on the latest version.
2	Give the required permissions	You need at least one user who is able to install your sites and manage your connections and capabilities in your site. They typically require the following permission: You have a global role that has the Manage Edge sites global permission.
3	Install an Edge site or request a Collibra Cloud site	Your Edge site is installed in your organization's environment. You typically need to work with your administrators, IT team, and Kubernetes experts to install your Edge sites and meet your organization's system and security requirements. Your Collibra Cloud site is set up and managed by Collibra, and connects to your data sources over the internet.
4	Prepare your site for data sources	Once you have a site, you need to create connections from the site to your data sources, and define capabilities that you want to run on these connections. For example, you create a connection to Databricks Unity Catalog and add a capability that allows you to integrate the metadata from Databricks Unity Catalog in Collibra. If you are installing your Edge site on a managed Kubernetes cluster, you must use the Edge Command Line Interface (CLI). The Edge CLI is the primary Edge utility tool that allows you to set up and manage certain aspects of your Edge site and is included when you download the Edge site installer.
4a	Create a connection	A connection links your site with your data source. Once a connection is available, capability jobs can run through this connection to send information to Collibra. For more information, go to our list of available connections.
4b	Create a capability	A capability calls your data source via the connection to get requested information from the data source and sends the information to Collibra. The results can be assets, such as Schema or Table assets, or extra information about the assets. For more information, go to our list of available capabilities.
5	Upgrade your Edge site	Occasionally, Edge launches a new functionality or Kubernetes support that requires you to upgrade or reinstall your Edge site. Collibra communicates about this in the release notes and the Edge compatibility table. Note If you have automatic upgrades enabled for your Edge site, you don't need to do anything when an upgrade is required. However, if a reinstallation is required, you may still need to perform this action. If you have a Collibra Cloud site, your site is automatically upgraded.
6	Maintain your Edge site	You can use the Edge UI or the Edge CLI to maintain and update certain aspects of your Edge site. For example, set up a forward proxy or update vault credentials. Note If you have a Collibra Cloud site, you can't use the Edge CLI.