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Connecting Superset to StarTree Cloud

How to Install Superset​

Pre-requisites​

To allow Superset to work, Python 3 is required. You must also have pinotdb and postgres installed on your device. To install pinotdb, run pip3 install pinotdb. For postgres, install by running pip3 install postgres.

Start Superset with Docker Image​

Start running Superset Image with pre-built Superset Pinot connector.

  1. Run below command to start a standalone Superset deployment
docker run \
--name=superset \
-p 8088:8088 \
-d apachepinot/pinot-superset:latest
  1. (First time) Setup Admin account by running below command and follow instructions to set password.
docker exec -it superset superset fab create-admin \
                --username admin \
                --firstname Superset \
                --lastname Admin \
                --email admin@superset.com \
                --password admin
  1. (First time) DB upgrade and Initialize Superset
docker exec -it superset superset db upgrade
docker exec -it superset superset init
  1. Import Pre-defined Pinot Datasources and Dashboard
docker exec \
-t superset \
bash -c 'superset import_datasources -p /etc/examples/pinot/pinot_example_datasource_quickstart.yaml && \
superset import_dashboards -p /etc/examples/pinot/pinot_example_dashboard.json'
  1. Go to SuperSet UI: http://localhost:8088/ to play around with dashboard.

Connecting to SuperSet using Apache Pinot​

This guide will show you how to connect to Superset using Apache Pinot.

In Superset, click the + button, hover over Data, and select Connect database.

connect-database-superset

Next, click on the Supported Databases dropdown, then select Other.

Superset uses the following URL syntax when asking for your SQLALCHEMY URI:

pinot+https://<my-user>:<my-password>@<pinot-broker-host>:<pinot-broker-port><pinot-broker-path>?controller=https://<pinot-controller-host>:<pinot-controller-port>/[&&verify_ssl=<true/false>]

For example:

pinot+https://{username}:{password}@my-secure-pinot-broker:443/query/sql?controller=https://my-secure-pinot-controller/&&verify_ssl=true

Please follow the doc to generate a API token and Credential.

For example:

Below is your Pinot API Token NGNlZmI4NDgwZjhmNGE3ODg2YTVjOWRhMTA1NmE3YjU6eVlHVVlsV1BVaU5OTjQ2bkZaY09vM2FUT3FJQ1AyYUFrMXF4VDVCOEFKUT0=

And the username and password are:

username = 4cefb8480f8f4a7886a5c9da1056a7b5

password = yYGUYlWPUiNNN46nFZcOo3aTOqICP2aAk1qxT5B8AJQ=

Copy your username and password and enter the parameters into your URL like the example below:

pinot+https://4cefb8480f8f4a7886a5c9da1056a7b5:yYGUYlWPUiNNN46nFZcOo3aTOqICP2aAk1qxT5B8AJQ=@my-secure-pinot-broker:443/query/sql?controller=https://my-secure-pinot-controller/&&verify_ssl=true

Now that you have your URL, click Apache Pinot and enter your SQLALCHEMY URI in the above format.

Test the connection to ensure the URI works, then click Connect.

connect-pinot-db