Dremio

Dremio is a lakehouse platform that enables high-performance SQL queries directly on data lake storage. Paradime supports connections to both Dremio Cloud and Dremio Software. As a development environment in Paradime, Dremio enables dbt™️ development from Paradime's Code IDE.

IP RESTRICTIONS

Make sure to allow traffic from one of the Paradime IPs in your firewall depending on the data location selected.

👉 See also: Paradime IP addresses.

Prerequisites

Dremio offers different authentication methods for Dremio Cloud and Dremio Software deployments. Choose the appropriate method and ensure complete their respective prerequisites.

Dremio Cloud

• Access to a Dremio Cloud workspace

• Access to the ID of the Sonar project you want to use. See Obtaining the ID of a Project.

• A valid personal access token (PAT) for authenticating to Dremio Cloud. See Creating a Token.

• Python 3.9 or later installed on the system that you are running dbt on.

Dremio Software

• Dremio Software version 22.0 or later

• Python 3.9 or later installed

• Required support keys enabled in your Dremio cluster (See Support Keys docs for details)

  • dremio.iceberg.enabled

  • dremio.iceberg.ctas.enabled

  • dremio.execution.support_unlimited_splits

Setup Instructions

1. Click the gear Icon (⚙️) on the top right of the Paradime interface to access Account Settings

2. In the left sidebar, click "Connections"

3. Click "Add New" next to the Code IDE section

4. Select "Dremio"

5. In the Profile Configuration field, add the following parameters based on your authentication method. Reference the Profile Fields Reference section below for additional context and configurations:

Dremio Cloud

cloud_host: https://api.dremio.cloud      # US Control Plane
cloud_project_id: 12345678                # Sonar project ID
object_storage_source: my_storage         # Filesystem name for objects
object_storage_path: data/analytics       # Filesystem path for objects
dremio_space: analytics_space             # Space for view creation
dremio_space_folder: reports.daily        # Space folder path
pat: drm_cl_1a2b3c4d5e6f                 # Personal access token
use_ssl: true                             # Required for Cloud
user: [e-mail]                 # Your email

Dremio Software (Username/Password)

software_host: dremio.company.com         # Hostname or IP address
port: 9047                                # Default: 9047
user: dremio_analyst                      # Username
password: your_secure_password            # Password
object_storage_source: company_storage    # Filesystem name for objects
object_storage_path: data/transforms      # Filesystem path for objects
dremio_space: dev_space                   # Space for view creation
dremio_space_folder: testing.models       # Space folder path
threads: 4                                # Number of threads
use_ssl: true                             # Enable SSL

Dremio Software (Personal Access Token)

pat: drm_sw_1a2b3c4d5e6f                 # Token for authentication
port: 9047                                # Port for Dremio Software cluster API endpoints
software_host: dremio.internal.net        # Hostname or IP address of the Dremio coordinator node
object_storage_source: analytics_source    # Name of filesystem for creating tables and views
object_storage_path: production/models     # Path in filesystem for objects
dremio_space: prod_space                  # Dremio space for creating views
dremio_space_folder: models.validated     # Folder path in Dremio space
threads: 4                                # Number of threads for dbt project execution
use_ssl: true                             # Enable/disable SSL connection
user: dremio_prod                         # Username for authentication

After adding the configuration, ensure it's properly formatted using a YAML formatter like YAML Formatter.

1. Provide a dbt™ Profile Name (This should match with the profile name set in your dbt_project.yml).

2. In the Target field, enter "dev". This is the default target your dbt project will use for development work.

3. The "Threads" value is pre-configured to 1, but you can adjust this number to specify how many parallel operations your dbt project can run.

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Example Profile Configuration

Profile configuration example is for "Dremio Cloud"

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Profile Fields Reference​

Common Fields

Field	Description	Default Value	Required
object_storage_source	Source name for storing tables and other objects	$scratch	❌
object_storage_path	Path within storage for object creation	no_schema	❌
dremio_space	Space designation for view creation	@username	❌
dremio_space_folder	Folder structure within Dremio space	no_schema	❌

Dremio Cloud

Field	Description	Default Value	Required
cloud_host	Dremio Cloud API endpoint	https://api.dremio.cloud	✅
cloud_project_id	Project identifier in Dremio Cloud	None	✅
user	Email address for authentication	None	✅
pat	Authentication token	None	✅
use_ssl	SSL connection enablement	true	✅

Dremio Software

Field	Description	Default Value	Required
software_host	Host address of Dremio instance	None	✅
port	Connection port number	9047	✅
user	Authentication username	None	✅
password	User password (if not using PAT)	None	✅*
pat	Authentication token (if not using password)	None	✅*
use_ssl	SSL connection enablement	false	✅

*: Either password or port must be provided, but not both