Hive Metastore

Connect using Hive Metastore with HIVE or ICEBERG catalog type (GCS & S3)

Feature only supported for GCP & AWS deployments (GCS & S3 metastore)

Creating a connection

To set up a connection to Hive Metastore, provide the following:

• Thrift URI: The Thrift URI used to connect to the Hive Metastore using the Thrift protocol.

• Location Type: The type of storage where physical data files are present — GCS or S3.

• Catalog Type: Choose HIVE for a standard Hive catalog, or ICEBERG for an Iceberg catalog hosted in Hive Metastore.

GCS credentials

GCS location type

Field	Description
Client Email	Service account email address
Client ID	Service account client ID
Project ID	GCP project ID
Private Key ID	Service account private key ID
Private Key	Service account private key

The specified GCS service account credentials should have read-access to the Hive Metastore warehouse. In the case of a private cloud deployment, write-access to the Telmai internal storage bucket must also be granted to this service account.

S3 credentials

S3 location type

Field	Description
Region	AWS region where the S3 bucket is located
Access Key	AWS access key ID
Secret Key	AWS secret access key

Connecting an asset

Once a connection is defined, you can start using it to create assets. To create assets, you will need:

• Database name

  • The next step will show you available tables

Group scans are not supported for Hive Metastore connections.