Hide the Immuta Database in Databricks

Hiding the database does not disable access to it

Queries can still be performed against tables in the immuta database using the Immuta-qualified table name (e.g., immuta.my_schema_my_table) regardless of whether or not this feature is enabled.

The immuta database on Immuta-enabled clusters allows Immuta to track Immuta-managed data sources separately from remote Databricks tables so that policies and other security features can be applied. However, Immuta supports raw tables in Databricks, so table-backed queries do not need to reference this database. When configuring a Databricks cluster, you can hide immuta from any calls to SHOW DATABASES so that users are not confused or misled by that database.

Hide the immuta Database

When configuring a Databricks cluster, hide immuta by using the following environment variable in the Spark cluster configuration:

IMMUTA_SPARK_SHOW_IMMUTA_DATABASE=false

Then, Immuta will not show this database when a SHOW DATABASES query is performed.