Getting Started with External Catalogs
The how-to guides linked on this page illustrate how to link an external catalog with Immuta to ingest tags and add value to the Immuta modules: Secure and Discover.
Best practice: external catalog
Use a single catalog; having more than one can lead to multiple truths and data leaks.
Link an Alation external catalog
Requirement: A catalog with tags that correspond to your Immuta data sources
Configuration process
- Connect your Alation catalog to Immuta.
- When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.
Link a Collibra external catalog
Requirements:
- A physical data dictionary with assets that correspond to your Immuta data sources
- The Collibra global role
Catalog
orCatalog Author
Configuration process
- Connect your Collibra catalog to Immuta.
- When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.
Link a custom REST catalog
Requirements:
- A catalog with tags that correspond to your Immuta data sources
- Authenticate with the Immuta API
Configuration process
- Connect your custom REST Catalog to Immuta.
- When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.
Link Snowflake for tag ingestion
Requirements:
-
A Snowflake user who can set the following permissions:
GRANT IMPORTED PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE snowflake
GRANT APPLY TAG ON ACCOUNT
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Snowflake Enterprise Edition or higher
Configuration process
- Configure Snowflake tag ingestion to Immuta.
- When changes are made to the tags in Snowflake, refresh external tags