Run Superset using the metadata CLI

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In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Superset connector.

Configure and schedule Superset metadata and profiler workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:

OpenMetadata 0.12 or later

To deploy OpenMetadata, check the Deployment guides.

To run the Ingestion via the UI you'll need to use the OpenMetadata Ingestion Container, which comes shipped with custom Airflow plugins to handle the workflow deployment.

The ingestion also works with Superset 2.0.0 🎉

Note:

API Connection: To extract metadata from Superset via API, user must have at least can read on Chart & can read on Dashboard permissions.

Database Connection: To extract metadata from Superset via MySQL or Postgres database, database user must have at least SELECT priviledge on dashboards & slices tables within superset schema.

To run the Superset ingestion, you will need to install:

All connectors are defined as JSON Schemas. Here you can find the structure to create a connection to Superset.

In order to create and run a Metadata Ingestion workflow, we will follow the steps to create a YAML configuration able to connect to the source, process the Entities if needed, and reach the OpenMetadata server.

The workflow is modeled around the following JSON Schema

This is a sample config for Superset:

hostPort: The Host and Post parameter is common for all three modes of authentication which specifies the host and port of the Superset instance. This should be specified as a string in the format http://hostname:port or https://hostname:port. For example, you might set the hostPort parameter to https://org.superset.com:8088.

connection: Add the connection details to fetch metadata from Superset either through APIs or Database.

Superset API connection is the default mode of authentication where we fetch the metadata using Superset APIs.

Note: Superset only supports basic or ldap authentication through APIs so if you have SSO enabled on your Superset instance then this mode of authentication will not work for you and you can opt for MySQL or Postgres Connection to fetch metadata directly from the database in the backend of Superset.

username: Username to connect to Superset, for ex. user@organization.com. This user should have access to relevant dashboards and charts in Superset to fetch the metadata.

password: Password of the user account to connect with Superset.

provider: Choose between db(default) or ldap mode of Authentication provider for the Superset service. This parameter is used internally to connect to Superset's REST API.

You can use Mysql Connection when you have SSO enabled and your Superset is backed by Mysql database.

username: Specify the User to connect to MySQL. It should have enough privileges to read all the metadata. Make sure the user has select privileges on dashboards, tables & slices tables of superset schema.

password: Password to connect to MySQL.

hostPort: Enter the fully qualified hostname and port number for your MySQL deployment in the Host and Port field.

  • databaseSchema: Enter the database schema which is associated with the Superset instance..

Connection Options (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection options that can be sent to MySQL during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.

Connection Arguments (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection arguments such as security or protocol configs that can be sent to MySQL during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.

  • In case you are using Single-Sign-On (SSO) for authentication, add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "sso_login_url"
  • In case you authenticate with SSO using an external browser popup, then add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "externalbrowser"

You can use Postgres Connection when you have SSO enabled and your Superset is backed by Postgres database.

  • username: Specify the User to connect to Postgres. Make sure the user has select privileges on dashboards, tables & slices tables of superset schema.

password: Password to connect to Postgres.

hostPort: Enter the fully qualified hostname and port number for your Postgres deployment in the Host and Port field.

  • database: Initial Postgres database to connect to. Specify the name of database associated with Superset instance.

Connection Options (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection options that can be sent to Postgres during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.

Connection Arguments (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection arguments such as security or protocol configs that can be sent to Postgres during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.

  • In case you are using Single-Sign-On (SSO) for authentication, add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "sso_login_url"
  • In case you authenticate with SSO using an external browser popup, then add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "externalbrowser"

The sourceConfig is defined here:

  • dbServiceNames: Database Service Names for ingesting lineage if the source supports it.
  • dashboardFilterPattern, chartFilterPattern, dataModelFilterPattern: Note that all of them support regex as include or exclude. E.g., "My dashboard, My dash.*, .*Dashboard".
  • includeOwners: Set the 'Include Owners' toggle to control whether to include owners to the ingested entity if the owner email matches with a user stored in the OM server as part of metadata ingestion. If the ingested entity already exists and has an owner, the owner will not be overwritten.
  • includeTags: Set the 'Include Tags' toggle to control whether to include tags in metadata ingestion.
  • includeDataModels: Set the 'Include Data Models' toggle to control whether to include tags as part of metadata ingestion.
  • markDeletedDashboards: Set the 'Mark Deleted Dashboards' toggle to flag dashboards as soft-deleted if they are not present anymore in the source system.

To send the metadata to OpenMetadata, it needs to be specified as type: metadata-rest.

The main property here is the openMetadataServerConfig, where you can define the host and security provider of your OpenMetadata installation.

For a simple, local installation using our docker containers, this looks like:

filename.yaml

We support different security providers. You can find their definitions here.

  • JWT tokens will allow your clients to authenticate against the OpenMetadata server. To enable JWT Tokens, you will get more details here.
  • You can refer to the JWT Troubleshooting section link for any issues in your JWT configuration. If you need information on configuring the ingestion with other security providers in your bots, you can follow this doc link.

First, we will need to save the YAML file. Afterward, and with all requirements installed, we can run:

Note that from connector to connector, this recipe will always be the same. By updating the YAML configuration, you will be able to extract metadata from different sources.