Install Connectors

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Important

This content is applicable only to the customer-managed (on-premise) instances and Alation Cloud Service instances that haven’t been migrated to the cloud-native architecture.

Requirements

To install an OCF connector from the OCF Connector Dashboard the following requirements must be met:

  • You must have the Server Admin role.

  • On customer-managed instances, make sure that Alation Connector Manager is installed. For information about installing Alation Connector Manager, refer to Install Alation Connector Manager.

  • Make sure you have the OCF connector Zip file on your machine.

  • For installing BI connectors, make sure that the following two alation_conf parameters are set to true:

    • alation.feature_flags.enable_gbm_v2_connector_strategy

    • alation.feature_flags.enable_lineage_v2

    For help with alation_conf, see Using alation_conf.

    Note

    Alation Cloud Service customers can request server configuration changes through Alation Support.

Install an OCF Connector

Perform the following steps to install an OCF Connector:

  1. Click the Install New Connector button on the Connectors Dashboard page.

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  2. Drag and drop or select the OCF Connector Zip file.

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  3. Once the installation is complete, Alation will display a success message. Click Close to close the modal window. The installed OCF connector will be displayed on the Connector Dashboard page.

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