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Apache Atlas Reference

Apache Atlas provides comprehensive metadata management capabilities for Cloudera Runtime. Atlas collects, catalogs, and governs metadata from various data sources including Hive, HBase, Kafka, Spark, and NiFi. This reference documentation covers search capabilities, attribute definitions, metadata collection methods, and migration information.

Search and Query

Apache Atlas Advanced Search Language Reference

Provides reference information for the Atlas domain-specific search language with SQL-like syntax.

Metadata and Attributes

Apache Atlas Metadata Attributes

Provides reference information for attribute types including technical, system, business metadata, and classification attributes.

Defining Apache Atlas Enumerations

Provides reference information for creating and using enumerations as attribute values.

Statistics and Monitoring

Apache Atlas Statistics Reference

Provides reference information for entity and server statistics collected by Atlas.

Configuration and Management

Dynamic Handling of Failure in Updating Index

Provides reference information for JanusGraph transaction recovery and write-ahead configuration.

Purging Deleted Entities

Provides reference information for permanently removing deleted entities using REST API calls.

Metadata Collection

HiveServer Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for Atlas metadata collection from HiveServer including queries and data assets.

HBase Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for Atlas metadata collection from HBase data assets.

Impala Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for Atlas metadata collection from Impala queries and Hive Metastore.

Spark Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for the Spark Atlas Connector and metadata collection from Spark operations.

Kafka Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for Atlas metadata collection from Kafka using metadata namespaces.

NiFi Metadata Collection

Provides reference information for the ReportLineageToAtlas reporting task and NiFi flow lineage.

Migration

Apache Atlas Technical Metadata Migration Reference

Provides comprehensive reference for migrating Cloudera Navigator metadata to Atlas entities.