Getting Started with External Catalogs

The how-to guides linked on this page illustrate how to link an external catalog with Immuta to ingest tags and add value to the Immuta modules: Secure and Discover.

Best practice: Use a single catalog; having more than one can lead to multiple truths and data leaks.

Link an Alation external catalog

Requirement: A catalog with tags that correspond to your Immuta data sources

Configuration process

1. Connect your Alation catalog to Immuta.

2. When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.

Link a Collibra external catalog

Requirements:

• A physical data dictionary with assets that correspond to your Immuta data sources

• The Collibra global role Catalog or Catalog Author

Configuration process

1. Connect your Collibra catalog to Immuta.

2. When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.

Link a custom REST catalog

Requirements:

• A catalog with tags that correspond to your Immuta data sources

• Authenticate with the Immuta API

Configuration process

1. Connect your custom REST Catalog to Immuta.

2. When changes are made to the external catalog, refresh external tags.

Link Snowflake for tag ingestion

Requirements:

• A Snowflake user who can set the following permissions:

  1. GRANT IMPORTED PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE snowflake

  2. GRANT APPLY TAG ON ACCOUNT

• Snowflake Enterprise Edition or higher

Configuration process

1. Configure Snowflake tag ingestion to Immuta.

2. When changes are made to the tags in Snowflake, refresh external tags