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Creating a LakeFormation Metadata Storage Path

The data files and directories mapped to LakeFormation metadata are stored in the OBS. Before creating LakeFormation metadata, you need to create an OBS bucket or OBS parallel file system for data storage.

If an OBS object bucket orOBS parallel file system is available, skip this section. The following operations use the OBS parallel file system as an example.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the OBS console.
  2. Click Parallel File Systems and click Create Parallel File System. On the displayed page, set the parameters, and click Create Now.

    • File System Name: Set the name of the parallel file system as required, for example, lakeformation-test.
    • Set other parameters based on the site requirements.

  3. On the Parallel File Systems page, click the name of the created file system, that is lakeformation-test.
  4. Click Files in the navigation pane, click Create Folder, enter a folder name, and click OK. Click the folder name and click Create Folder to create a subfolder.

    Repeat this step to create paths for storing metadata in sequence. The following paths are examples:

    • Catalog storage path: lakeformation-test/catalog1
    • Database storage path: lakeformation-test/catalog1/database1
    • Table storage path: lakeformation-test/catalog1/database1/table1 and lakeformation-test/catalog1/database1/table2
    • Function storage path: lakeformation-test/catalog1/database1/udf1

Related Operations

For details about how to create an OBS bucket, see Creating a Bucket.