create-data-catalog¶

Description¶

Creates (registers) a data catalog with the specified name and properties. Catalogs created are visible to all users of the same AWS account.

Synopsis¶

  create-data-catalog
--name <value>
--type <value>
[--description <value>]
[--parameters <value>]
[--tags <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--name (string)

The name of the data catalog to create. The catalog name must be unique for the AWS account and can use a maximum of 128 alphanumeric, underscore, at sign, or hyphen characters.

--type (string)

The type of data catalog to create: LAMBDA for a federated catalog or HIVE for an external hive metastore.

Note

Do not use the GLUE type. This refers to the AwsDataCatalog that already exists in your account, of which you can have only one. Specifying the GLUE type will result in an INVALID_INPUT error.

Possible values:

LAMBDA

GLUE

HIVE

--description (string)

A description of the data catalog to be created.

--parameters (map)

Specifies the Lambda function or functions to use for creating the data catalog. This is a mapping whose values depend on the catalog type.

For the HIVE data catalog type, use the following syntax. The metadata-function parameter is required. The sdk-version parameter is optional and defaults to the currently supported version. ``metadata-function=*lambda_arn* , sdk-version=*version_number* ``

For the LAMBDA data catalog type, use one of the following sets of required parameters, but not both.

If you have one Lambda function that processes metadata and another for reading the actual data, use the following syntax. Both parameters are required. ``metadata-function=*lambda_arn* , record-function=*lambda_arn* ``

If you have a composite Lambda function that processes both metadata and data, use the following syntax to specify your Lambda function. ``function=*lambda_arn* ``

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

Shorthand Syntax:

KeyName1=string,KeyName2=string

JSON Syntax:

{"string": "string"
  ...}

--tags (list)

A list of comma separated tags to add to the data catalog that is created.

(structure)

A label that you assign to a resource. In Athena, a resource can be a workgroup or data catalog. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which you define. For example, you can use tags to categorize Athena workgroups or data catalogs by purpose, owner, or environment. Use a consistent set of tag keys to make it easier to search and filter workgroups or data catalogs in your account. For best practices, see Tagging Best Practices . Tag keys can be from 1 to 128 UTF-8 Unicode characters, and tag values can be from 0 to 256 UTF-8 Unicode characters. Tags can use letters and numbers representable in UTF-8, and the following characters: + - = . _ : / @. Tag keys and values are case-sensitive. Tag keys must be unique per resource. If you specify more than one tag, separate them by commas.

Key -> (string)

A tag key. The tag key length is from 1 to 128 Unicode characters in UTF-8. You can use letters and numbers representable in UTF-8, and the following characters: + - = . _ : / @. Tag keys are case-sensitive and must be unique per resource.

Value -> (string)

A tag value. The tag value length is from 0 to 256 Unicode characters in UTF-8. You can use letters and numbers representable in UTF-8, and the following characters: + - = . _ : / @. Tag values are case-sensitive.

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "string",
    "Value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

To create a data catalog

The following create-data-catalog example creates the dynamo_db_catalog data catalog.

aws athena create-data-catalog \
    --name dynamo_db_catalog \
    --type LAMBDA \
    --description "DynamoDB Catalog" \
    --function=arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:111122223333:function:dynamo_db_lambda

This command produces no output. To see the result, use aws athena get-data-catalog --name dynamo_db_catalog.

For more information, see Registering a Catalog: create-data-catalog in the Amazon Athena User Guide.

Output¶

None

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