Create a Databricks connection to an Edge or Collibra Cloud site

If you integrated Databricks Unity Catalog, you had created a Databricks connection. You can use the Databricks connection when you add a technical lineage for Databricks Unity Catalog. If you registered your Databricks file system by using the JDBC connection instead, use this information to create a Databricks connection.

Before you begin

Required permissions

You have a global role that has the Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example, Edge integration engineer.

Steps

  1. Open a site.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of your sites.
    3. In the table, click the name of the site whose status is Healthy.
      The site page opens.
  2. In the Connections section, click Create connection.
    The Create connection page appears.
  3. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequired

    Connection settings

    This section contains the general settings of your connection.

    Name

    The name of the Edge or Collibra Cloud site connection for Databricks.

    		 Yes
    Description

    The description of the connection.

    		 No
    Connection provider

    The connection provider, which determines the available connection parameters.

    Select Databricks to connect to Databricks.

    		Yes

    Connection parameters

    		This section contains the settings to connect to your data source.
    Workspace URL

    Enter the URL of any Databricks workspace connected to Unity Catalog that you want to integrate.
    To retrieve the URL, log into Databricks and copy the URL. For example: https://123.cloud.databricks.com.

    		 Yes
    Access Token

    The security token that was generated in Databricks for the workspace.

    The access token can be a personal access token or service principle token. We recommend using a service principle token. For information on the service principle token, go to the Databricks documentation.

    		 Yes
    Encryption options

    Select the type of encryption used to store the Secret Access Key.

    Default: To be encrypted by Edge management server.

    		 Yes
  4. Click Create.
    The connection is added to the Edge or Collibra Cloud site.

What's next

Add a Technical Lineage for Databricks Unity Catalog capability to an Edge or Collibra Cloud site.