Deploy a plugin from the Cloud Data Fusion Hub

This page describes how to deploy plugins from the Hub in Cloud Data Fusion. Plugins are customizable modules that extend the capabilities of Cloud Data Fusion.

Before you begin

Create a Cloud Data Fusion instance.

Add a plugin to an instance

Console

  1. Go to the instance details:

    1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Data Fusion page.

    2. Click Instances, and then click the instance's name to go to the Instance details page.

      Go to Instances

  2. The instance must be upgraded to a version that supports the plugin.

  3. Open the instance. When the Cloud Data Fusion page opens, click Hub.

  4. Choose a plugin. For configuration details for each plugin, see the Plugin reference.

  5. Click Deploy.

The plugin appears in the drop-down menu on the Cloud Data Fusion Studio page, based on the type of plugin it is (a Source, Transform, Analytics, Sink, Conditions and Actions, or Error Handlers and Alerts plugin).

Add an SAP plugin to an instance

Console

  1. Go to the instance details:

    1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Data Fusion page.

    2. Click Instances, and then click the instance's name to go to the Instance details page.

      Go to Instances

  2. Upgrade the instance to a version that supports the plugin.

  3. Open the instance in Cloud Data Fusion.

  4. In the Cloud Data Fusion web interface, click Hub, and then click the SAP tab.

  5. Click the name of the SAP plugin—for example, SAP ODP.

  6. Optional: To configure your SAP system for an SAP plugin, you get the required SAP code and configurations through SAP transport files, which are archived in a zip file. To get those files, click Download. For more information, see Install plugin components in SAP using the SAP transport file.

  7. Click Deploy.

The plugin appears in the Source drop-down menu on the Studio page of the Cloud Data Fusion web interface. Click it to add the plugin to your pipeline.