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About the MariaDB catalog source

You can use the MariaDB catalog source to extract metadata from a MariaDB source system.
MariaDB is an open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) solution to store and structure data.

Extracted metadata

You can use the MariaDB catalog source to extract metadata from a MariaDB source system.

Objects extracted

Metadata Command Center extracts the following metadata from a MariaDB source system:

Data profiling for MariaDB objects

Configure data profiling to run profiles on the metadata extracted from a MariaDB source system. You can view the profiling statistics in Data Governance and Catalog.
You can run data profiles on the following objects:
The data profiling task runs profiles on the following data types:

Compatible connectors

Before you configure a MariaDB catalog source, you must connect to the MariaDB source system.
Use the MySQL connector to connect to the MariaDB source system.
For information about configuring a connection, see Connections.