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In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Flink connector. Configure and schedule Flink metadata and profiler workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:

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Requirements

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Python Requirements

We have support for Python versions 3.9-3.11
To run the Flink ingestion, you will need to install: 
pip3 install "openmetadata-ingestion[flink]"

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Metadata Ingestion

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1. Define the YAML Config

This is a sample config for Flink:

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2. Run with the CLI

First, we will need to save the YAML file. Afterward, and with all requirements installed, we can run: 
metadata ingest -c <path-to-yaml>
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.