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    To work with external tables, Unity Catalog introduces two new objects to access and work with external cloud storage:

    • databricks.StorageCredential represent authentication methods to access cloud storage (e.g. an IAM role for Amazon S3 or a service principal for Azure Storage). Storage credentials are access-controlled to determine which users can use the credential.
    • databricks.ExternalLocation are objects that combine a cloud storage path with a Storage Credential that can be used to access the location.

    Create ExternalLocation Resource

    Resources are created with functions called constructors. To learn more about declaring and configuring resources, see Resources.

    Constructor syntax

    new ExternalLocation(name: string, args: ExternalLocationArgs, opts?: CustomResourceOptions);
    @overload
    def ExternalLocation(resource_name: str,
                         args: ExternalLocationArgs,
                         opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None)
    
    @overload
    def ExternalLocation(resource_name: str,
                         opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
                         credential_name: Optional[str] = None,
                         url: Optional[str] = None,
                         comment: Optional[str] = None,
                         metastore_id: Optional[str] = None,
                         name: Optional[str] = None,
                         owner: Optional[str] = None)
    func NewExternalLocation(ctx *Context, name string, args ExternalLocationArgs, opts ...ResourceOption) (*ExternalLocation, error)
    public ExternalLocation(string name, ExternalLocationArgs args, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public ExternalLocation(String name, ExternalLocationArgs args)
    public ExternalLocation(String name, ExternalLocationArgs args, CustomResourceOptions options)
    
    type: databricks:ExternalLocation
    properties: # The arguments to resource properties.
    options: # Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    
    

    Parameters

    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args ExternalLocationArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    resource_name str
    The unique name of the resource.
    args ExternalLocationArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    ctx Context
    Context object for the current deployment.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args ExternalLocationArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOption
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args ExternalLocationArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name String
    The unique name of the resource.
    args ExternalLocationArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    options CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

    Constructor example

    The following reference example uses placeholder values for all input properties.

    var externalLocationResource = new Databricks.ExternalLocation("externalLocationResource", new()
    {
        CredentialName = "string",
        Url = "string",
        Comment = "string",
        MetastoreId = "string",
        Name = "string",
        Owner = "string",
    });
    
    example, err := databricks.NewExternalLocation(ctx, "externalLocationResource", &databricks.ExternalLocationArgs{
    	CredentialName: pulumi.String("string"),
    	Url:            pulumi.String("string"),
    	Comment:        pulumi.String("string"),
    	MetastoreId:    pulumi.String("string"),
    	Name:           pulumi.String("string"),
    	Owner:          pulumi.String("string"),
    })
    
    var externalLocationResource = new ExternalLocation("externalLocationResource", ExternalLocationArgs.builder()
        .credentialName("string")
        .url("string")
        .comment("string")
        .metastoreId("string")
        .name("string")
        .owner("string")
        .build());
    
    external_location_resource = databricks.ExternalLocation("externalLocationResource",
        credential_name="string",
        url="string",
        comment="string",
        metastore_id="string",
        name="string",
        owner="string")
    
    const externalLocationResource = new databricks.ExternalLocation("externalLocationResource", {
        credentialName: "string",
        url: "string",
        comment: "string",
        metastoreId: "string",
        name: "string",
        owner: "string",
    });
    
    type: databricks:ExternalLocation
    properties:
        comment: string
        credentialName: string
        metastoreId: string
        name: string
        owner: string
        url: string
    

    ExternalLocation Resource Properties

    To learn more about resource properties and how to use them, see Inputs and Outputs in the Architecture and Concepts docs.

    Inputs

    In Python, inputs that are objects can be passed either as argument classes or as dictionary literals.

    The ExternalLocation resource accepts the following input properties:

    CredentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    Url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    Comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    MetastoreId string
    Name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    Owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    CredentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    Url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    Comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    MetastoreId string
    Name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    Owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    credentialName String
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    url String
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment String
    User-supplied free-form text.
    metastoreId String
    name String
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner String
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    credentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    metastoreId string
    name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    credential_name str
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    url str
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment str
    User-supplied free-form text.
    metastore_id str
    name str
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner str
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    credentialName String
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    url String
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment String
    User-supplied free-form text.
    metastoreId String
    name String
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner String
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.

    Outputs

    All input properties are implicitly available as output properties. Additionally, the ExternalLocation resource produces the following output properties:

    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    id str
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.

    Look up Existing ExternalLocation Resource

    Get an existing ExternalLocation resource’s state with the given name, ID, and optional extra properties used to qualify the lookup.

    public static get(name: string, id: Input<ID>, state?: ExternalLocationState, opts?: CustomResourceOptions): ExternalLocation
    @staticmethod
    def get(resource_name: str,
            id: str,
            opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
            comment: Optional[str] = None,
            credential_name: Optional[str] = None,
            metastore_id: Optional[str] = None,
            name: Optional[str] = None,
            owner: Optional[str] = None,
            url: Optional[str] = None) -> ExternalLocation
    func GetExternalLocation(ctx *Context, name string, id IDInput, state *ExternalLocationState, opts ...ResourceOption) (*ExternalLocation, error)
    public static ExternalLocation Get(string name, Input<string> id, ExternalLocationState? state, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public static ExternalLocation get(String name, Output<String> id, ExternalLocationState state, CustomResourceOptions options)
    resources:  _:    type: databricks:ExternalLocation    get:      id: ${id}
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    resource_name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    The following state arguments are supported:
    Comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    CredentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    MetastoreId string
    Name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    Owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    Url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    Comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    CredentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    MetastoreId string
    Name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    Owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    Url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment String
    User-supplied free-form text.
    credentialName String
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    metastoreId String
    name String
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner String
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    url String
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment string
    User-supplied free-form text.
    credentialName string
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    metastoreId string
    name string
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner string
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    url string
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment str
    User-supplied free-form text.
    credential_name str
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    metastore_id str
    name str
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner str
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    url str
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).
    comment String
    User-supplied free-form text.
    credentialName String
    Name of the databricks.StorageCredential to use with this External Location.
    metastoreId String
    name String
    Name of External Location, which must be unique within the databricks_metastore. Change forces creation of a new resource.
    owner String
    Username/groupname of External Location owner. Currently this field can only be changed after the resource is created.
    url String
    Path URL in cloud storage, of the form: s3://[bucket-host]/[bucket-dir] (AWS), abfss://[user]@[host]/[path] (Azure).

    Import

    This resource can be imported by namebash

     $ pulumi import databricks:index/externalLocation:ExternalLocation this <name>
    

    To learn more about importing existing cloud resources, see Importing resources.

    Package Details

    Repository
    databricks pulumi/pulumi-databricks
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Notes
    This Pulumi package is based on the databricks Terraform Provider.
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