AWS Glue Catalog Database

This page shows how to write Terraform and CloudFormation for AWS Glue Catalog Database and write them securely.

aws_glue_catalog_database (Terraform)

The Catalog Database in AWS Glue can be configured in Terraform with the resource name aws_glue_catalog_database. The following sections describe 4 examples of how to use the resource and its parameters.

Example Usage from GitHub

glue.tf#L1
resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "twitter_streaming_raw" {
  name = "twitter_streaming_raw"
  description = "Raw database for all twitter streaming data"
}

resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "twitter_streaming_modeled" {
test_database.tf#L1
resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "test_analytical_dataset_generation" {
  name        = "test_analytical_dataset_generation"
  description = "Database for the Analytical E2E Tests"
}

resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "test_analytical_metrics_database" {
glue.tf#L34
resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "data_lake_raw" {
  name = "data_lake_raw"
}

resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "data_lake_curated" {
  name = "data_lake_curated"
main.tf#L1
resource "aws_glue_catalog_database" "aws_glue_catalog_database" {
  name          = var.name
  description   = var.description

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Parameters

Explanation in Terraform Registry

Provides a Glue Catalog Database Resource. You can refer to the Glue Developer Guide for a full explanation of the Glue Data Catalog functionality

AWS::Glue::Database (CloudFormation)

The Database in Glue can be configured in CloudFormation with the resource name AWS::Glue::Database. The following sections describe 10 examples of how to use the resource and its parameters.

Example Usage from GitHub

glue.yml#L6
    Type: AWS::Glue::Database
    Properties:
      CatalogId: !Ref AWS::AccountId
      DatabaseInput:
        Description: Raw data
        LocationUri: !Join ['/', ['s3:/', !ImportValue data-lake-DataLakeRawBucketName]]
1.glue_datalake.yml#L6
    Type: AWS::Glue::Database
    Properties:
      CatalogId: !Ref AWS::AccountId
      DatabaseInput:
        Description: Raw data
        LocationUri: !Join ['/', ['s3:/', !ImportValue data-lake-DataLakeRawBucketName]]
1.glue_datalake.yml#L6
    Type: AWS::Glue::Database
    Properties:
      CatalogId: !Ref AWS::AccountId
      DatabaseInput:
        Description: Raw data
        LocationUri: !Join ['/', ['s3:/', !ImportValue data-lake-DataLakeRawBucketName]]
glue_datalake.yml#L6
    Type: AWS::Glue::Database
    Properties:
      CatalogId: !Ref AWS::AccountId
      DatabaseInput:
        Description: Raw data
        LocationUri: !Join ['/', ['s3:/', !ImportValue data-lake-DataLakeRawBucketName]]
serverless.yml#L22
      Type: AWS::Glue::Database
      Properties:
        CatalogId: !Ref AWS::AccountId
        DatabaseInput:
          Name: ${self:custom.stage}_level_1_database
    Level1GlueAccess:
porter_stack.json#L91
            "Type" : "AWS::Glue::Database",
            "Properties" : {
                "CatalogId" : { "Ref" : "AWS::AccountId" },
                "DatabaseInput" : {
                    "Name" : "porter_raw_dev"
                }
glue-database-no-defaults.json#L20
      "Type": "AWS::Glue::Database",
      "Condition": "Always",
      "DependsOn": "AnotherThing",
      "Properties": {
        "CatalogId": "123456",
        "DatabaseInput": {
glue.json#L108
            "Type": "AWS::Glue::Database",
            "Properties": {
                "CatalogId": {
                    "Ref": "AWS::AccountId"
                },
                "DatabaseInput": {
glue.json#L105
            "Type": "AWS::Glue::Database",
            "Properties": {
                "CatalogId": {
                    "Ref": "AWS::AccountId"
                },
                "DatabaseInput": {
glue-database-defaults.json#L10
      "Type": "AWS::Glue::Database",
      "Properties": {
        "CatalogId": {
          "Ref": "AWS::AccountId"
        },
        "DatabaseInput": {

Parameters

Explanation in CloudFormation Registry

The AWS::Glue::Database resource specifies a logical grouping of tables in AWS Glue. For more information, see Defining a Database in Your Data Catalog and Database Structure in the AWS Glue Developer Guide.

Frequently asked questions

What is AWS Glue Catalog Database?

AWS Glue Catalog Database is a resource for Glue of Amazon Web Service. Settings can be wrote in Terraform and CloudFormation.

Where can I find the example code for the AWS Glue Catalog Database?

For Terraform, the BuildSomethingCool/twitter_terraform_deploy, dwp/aws-analytical-env and AdastraCZ/aws_data_platform source code examples are useful. See the Terraform Example section for further details.

For CloudFormation, the gabrielosluz/engenharia-de-dados, adrianosouzaa/engenharia-dados and marianabernado/bootcamp-eng-dados source code examples are useful. See the CloudFormation Example section for further details.