DBT Cloud (via Collector method) - v3.3.0

About Collectors

Collectors are extractors that are developed and managed by you (a customer of K).

KADA provides python libraries that customers can use to quickly deploy a Collector.

Why you should use a Collector

There are several reasons why you may use a collector vs the direct connect extractor:

  1. You are using the KADA SaaS offering and it cannot connect to your sources due to firewall restrictions

  2. You want to push metadata to KADA rather than allow it to pull data for security reasons

  3. You want to inspect the metadata before pushing it to K

Using a collector requires you to manage:

  1. Deploying and orchestrating the extract code

  2. Managing a high water mark so the extract only pulls the latest metadata

  3. Storing and pushing the extracts to your K instance


Pre-requisites

Collector Server Minimum Requirements

For the collector to operate effectively, it will need to be deployed on a server with the below minimum specifications:

  • CPU: 2 vCPU

  • Memory: 8GB

  • Storage: 30GB (depends on historical data extracted)

  • OS: unix distro e.g. RHEL preferred but can also work with Windows Server

  • Python 3.10.x or later

  • Access to K landing directory

DBT Cloud Requirements

  • Access to DBT Cloud

Unlike the other collectors, the DBT extractor produces manifest, catalog and run_result json files instead of csv files. Do not be alarmed if you see these.

This only works for DBT Cloud not DBT Core.


Step 1: Create the Source in K

Create a DBT Cloud source in K

  • Go to Settings, Select Sources and click Add Source

  • Select "Load from File system" option

  • Give the source a Name - e.g. DBT Cloud Production

  • Add the Host name for the DBT Cloud Server

  • Click Finish Setup


Step 2: Getting Access to the Source Landing Directory

When using a Collector you will push metadata to a K landing directory.

To find your landing directory you will need to:

  1. Go to Platform Settings - Settings. Note down the value of this setting:

    • If using Azure: storage_azure_storage_account

    • If using AWS:

      • storage_root_folder - the AWS s3 bucket

      • storage_aws_region - the region where the AWS s3 bucket is hosted

  2. Go to Sources - Edit the Source you have configured. Note down the landing directory in the About this Source section.

To connect to the landing directory you will need:

  • If using Azure: a SAS token to push data to the landing directory. Request this from KADA Support (support@kada.ai)

  • If using AWS:

    • An Access key and Secret. Request this from KADA Support (support@kada.ai)

    • OR provide your IAM role to KADA Support to provision access.


Step 3: Install the Collector

You can download the Latest Core Library and whl via Platform Settings → SourcesDownload Collectors

Run the following command to install the collector

pip install kada_collectors_extractors_<version>-none-any.whl

You will also need to install the common library kada_collectors_lib for this collector to function properly.

pip install kada_collectors_lib-<version>-none-any.whl

Step 4: Configure the Collector

FIELD

FIELD TYPE

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

url

string

DBT Access Url

https://e123.region.dbt.com

discovery_url

string

DBT Discovery url

https://e123.metadata.region.dbt.com

account_id

string

DBT Account Id

12345

environment_ids

list<integer>

List of environment Ids to extract

[12345,234234]

token

string

Generated DBT Service Token with "Read Only" permissions

dbtc_xxxx

output_path

string

Absolute path to the output location

"/tmp/output"

timeout

integer

By default we allow 20 seconds for the API to respond

20

mapping

JSON

Mapping between DBT project ids and their corresponding database host value in K

{"60125": "af33141.australia-east.azure"}

compress

boolean

To gzip the output or not

true

kada_dbt_extractor_config.json

{
    "url": "https://cxx.us1.dbt.com/",
    "discovery_url": "https://cxx.metadata.us1.dbt.com",
    "account_id": "12345",
    "token": "dbtc_xxxx",
    "environment_ids": [1, 2, 3],
    "output_path": "/tmp/output",
    "timeout": 20,
    "mapping": {},
    "compress": false,
    "mask": false
}

Step 5: Run the Collector

This is the wrapper script: kada_dbt_extractor.py

import os
import argparse
from kada_collectors.extractors.utils import load_config, get_hwm, publish_hwm, get_generic_logger
from kada_collectors.extractors.dbt import Extractor

get_generic_logger('root')

_type = 'dbt'
dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
filename = os.path.join(dirname, 'kada_{}_extractor_config.json'.format(_type))

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='KADA DBT Extractor.')
parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', dest='config', default=filename)
parser.add_argument('--name', '-n', dest='name', default=_type)
args = parser.parse_args()

start_hwm, end_hwm = get_hwm(args.name)

ext = Extractor(**load_config(args.config))
ext.test_connection()
ext.run(**{"start_hwm": start_hwm, "end_hwm": end_hwm})

publish_hwm(args.name, end_hwm)

Step 6: Check the Collector Outputs

K Extracts

A set of files (eg metadata, databaselog, linkages, events etc) will be generated in the output_path directory.

High Water Mark File

A high water mark file is created called dbt_hwm.txt.

Refer to Collector Integration General Notes for more information.


Step 7: Push the Extracts to K

Once the files have been validated, you can push the files to the K landing directory.


Example: Using Airflow to orchestrate the Extract and Push to K

The following example is how you can orchestrate the Tableau collector using Airflow and push the files to K hosted on Azure. The code is not expected to be used as-is but as a template for your own DAG.

Python
# built-in
import os

# Installed
from airflow.operators.python_operator import PythonOperator
from airflow.models.dag import DAG
from airflow.operators.dummy import DummyOperator
from airflow.utils.dates import days_ago
from airflow.utils.task_group import TaskGroup

from plugins.utils.azure_blob_storage import AzureBlobStorage

from kada_collectors.extractors.utils import load_config, get_hwm, publish_hwm, get_generic_logger
from kada_collectors.extractors.tableau import Extractor

# To be configured by the customer.
# Note variables may change if using a different object store.
KADA_SAS_TOKEN = os.getenv("KADA_SAS_TOKEN")
KADA_CONTAINER = ""
KADA_STORAGE_ACCOUNT = ""
KADA_LANDING_PATH = "lz/tableau/landing"
KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG = {
    "server_address": "http://tabserver",
    "username": "user",
    "password": "password",
    "sites": [],
    "db_host": "tabserver",
    "db_username": "repo_user",
    "db_password": "repo_password",
    "db_port": 8060,
    "db_name": "workgroup",
    "meta_only": False,
    "retries": 5,
    "dry_run": False,
    "output_path": "/set/to/output/path",
    "mask": True,
    "mapping": {}
}

# To be implemented by the customer.
# Upload to your landing zone storage.
# Change '.csv' to '.csv.gz' if you set compress = true in the config
def upload():
  output = KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG['output_path']
  for filename in os.listdir(output):
      if filename.endswith('.csv'):
        file_to_upload_path = os.path.join(output, filename)

        AzureBlobStorage.upload_file_sas_token(
            client=KADA_SAS_TOKEN,
            storage_account=KADA_STORAGE_ACCOUNT,
            container=KADA_CONTAINER,
            blob=f'{KADA_LANDING_PATH}/{filename}',
            local_path=file_to_upload_path
        )

with DAG(dag_id="taskgroup_example", start_date=days_ago(1)) as dag:

    # To be implemented by the customer.
    # Retrieve the timestamp from the prior run
    start_hwm = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS'
    end_hwm = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS' # timestamp now

    ext = Extractor(**KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG)

    start = DummyOperator(task_id="start")

    with TaskGroup("taskgroup_1", tooltip="extract tableau and upload") as extract_upload:
        task_1 = PythonOperator(
            task_id="extract_tableau",
            python_callable=ext.run,
            op_kwargs={"start_hwm": start_hwm, "end_hwm": end_hwm},
            provide_context=True,
        )

        task_2 = PythonOperator(
            task_id="upload_extracts",
            python_callable=upload,
            op_kwargs={},
            provide_context=True,
        )

        # To be implemented by the customer.
        # Timestamp needs to be saved for next run
        task_3 = DummyOperator(task_id='save_hwm')

    end = DummyOperator(task_id='end')

    start >> extract_upload >> end