Apache Drill with DBine
How to connect DBine to Apache Drill and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Apache Drill driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick Apache Drill in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
Default port: 8047.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server required | Example: localhost |
| Port | HTTP port of a drillbit. Example: 8047 |
| Schema | Example: dfs.tmp |
| User | Only if Drill has authentication; without it, the user is ignored. |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| Read-only | On or off. |
SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.
SSL/TLS
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Encrypt the connection (TLS) | On or off. |
| Trust the server certificate | On or off. |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Schemas. Inside each one:
- Tables
- Views
- Files
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New table (CREATE TABLE AS)
- New temporary table
- New view
Tools for Apache Drill
Available
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Server monitor
- Sessions and running queries
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Rename objects
Not available for Apache Drill
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Clone tables
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Users and permissions
- Backups
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the Apache Drill driver 0.1.10, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Apache Drill.