# Iceberg

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

## Creating a connection

To setup connection to Iceberg metastore, you will need to provide

* **Thrift URI**: Enter the Thrift URI to connect to Hive metastore using thrift protocol.
* **Location Type**: Choose the type of storage, where physical data files are present. (Currently only GCS supported)

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*Specified GCS service account credentials should have read-access to Hive Metastore warehouse. Additionally in case of private cloud deployment write-access to Telmai internal storage bucket should be set to this service account.*

## Connecting an asset

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

* Database name
  * Next step will show you available tables

{% hint style="warning" %}
Custom SQL Query is not currently supported for Iceberg connections
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Delta scans is not currently supported for Iceberg connections
{% endhint %}

Once defined, you will be able to see your data asset in Telmai

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