google-datacatalog-vertica-connector

Package for ingesting Vertica metadata into Google Cloud Data Catalog.

Disclaimer: This is not an officially supported Google product.

Table of Contents

• 1. Installation
  • 1.1. Mac/Linux
  • 1.2. Windows
  • 1.3. Install from source
    • 1.3.1. Get the code
    • 1.3.2. Create and activate a virtualenv
    • 1.3.3. Install the library
• 2. Environment setup
  • 2.1. Auth credentials
    • 2.1.1. Create a service account and grant it below roles
    • 2.1.2. Download a JSON key and save it as
  • 2.2. Set environment variables
• 3. Run entry point
  • 3.1. Run Python entry point
  • 3.2. Run Docker entry point
• 4. Developer environment
  • 4.1. Install and run Yapf formatter
  • 4.2. Install and run Flake8 linter
  • 4.3. Run Tests
• 5. Troubleshooting

1. Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it's possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies. Make sure you use Python 3.6+.

1.1. Mac/Linux

pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv --python python3.6 
source /bin/activate
/bin/pip install google-datacatalog-vertica-connector

1.2. Windows

pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv --python python3.6 
\Scripts\activate
\Scripts\pip.exe install google-datacatalog-vertica-connector

1.3. Install from source

1.3.1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/datacatalog-connectors-rdbms/
cd datacatalog-connectors-rdbms/google-datacatalog-vertica-connector

1.3.2. Create and activate a virtualenv

pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv --python python3.6 
source /bin/activate

1.3.3. Install the library

pip install .

2. Environment setup

2.1. Auth credentials

2.1.1. Create a service account and grant it below roles

• Data Catalog Admin

2.1.2. Download a JSON key and save it as

• /vertica2dc-datacatalog-credentials.json

Please notice this folder and file will be required in next steps.

2.2. Set environment variables

Replace below values according to your environment:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=data_catalog_credentials_file

3. Run entry point

3.1. Run Python entry point

• Virtualenv

Connect to a server:

vertica2datacatalog \
  --vertica-host  \
  --vertica-user  \
  --vertica-pass  \
  --datacatalog-project-id  \
  --datacatalog-location-id 

Read metadata from a CSV file:

vertica2datacatalog \
  --raw-metadata-csv  \
  --datacatalog-project-id  \
  --datacatalog-location-id 

3.2. Run Docker entry point

docker build --rm --tag vertica2datacatalog .

Connect to a server:

docker run --rm --tty -v :/data \
  vertica2datacatalog \ 
  --vertica-host  \
  --vertica-user  \
  --vertica-pass  \
  --datacatalog-project-id  \
  --datacatalog-location-id 

Read metadata from a CSV file:

docker run --rm --tty -v :/data \
  vertica2datacatalog \ 
  --raw-metadata-csv /data/ \
  --datacatalog-project-id  \
  --datacatalog-location-id 

4. Developer environment

4.1. Install and run Yapf formatter

pip install --upgrade yapf

# Auto update files
yapf --in-place --recursive src tests

# Show diff
yapf --diff --recursive src tests

# Set up pre-commit hook
# From the root of your git project.
curl -o pre-commit.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/yapf/master/plugins/pre-commit.sh
chmod a+x pre-commit.sh
mv pre-commit.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit

4.2. Install and run Flake8 linter

pip install --upgrade flake8
flake8 src tests

4.3. Run Tests

python setup.py test

5. Troubleshooting

In the case a connector execution hits Data Catalog quota limit, an error will be raised and logged with the following detailement, depending on the performed operation READ/WRITE/SEARCH:

status = StatusCode.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
details = "Quota exceeded for quota metric 'Read requests' and limit 'Read requests per minute' of service 'datacatalog.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:1111111111111'."
debug_error_string = 
"{"created":"@1587396969.506556000", "description":"Error received from peer ipv4:172.217.29.42:443","file":"src/core/lib/surface/call.cc","file_line":1056,"grpc_message":"Quota exceeded for quota metric 'Read requests' and limit 'Read requests per minute' of service 'datacatalog.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:1111111111111'.","grpc_status":8}"

For more info about Data Catalog quota, go to: Data Catalog quota docs.