Python Client for Dataproc Metastore

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Dataproc Metastore is a fully managed, highly available, autoscaled, autohealing, OSS-native metastore service that greatly simplifies technical metadata management. Dataproc Metastore service is based on Apache Hive metastore and serves as a critical component towards enterprise data lakes.

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

  1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.

  2. Enable billing for your project.

  3. Enable the Dataproc Metastore Service.

  4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-dataproc-metastore

Windows

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-dataproc-metastore

Next Steps