Catalog and Storage Authentication | Teradata Vantage - Catalog and Storage Authentication with Azure IDP Managed Service Principal - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® Open Table Format for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake User Guide

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2025
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2026-06-17
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Catalog access can also be authenticated using tokens generated from a Google Cloud Service Account, and storage access is also authenticated using the same Service Account.

Parameter Description Requirement Example Value
catalog_type Specifies the Iceberg catalog type Mandatory catalog_type ('rest')
rest_catalog_type Specifies REST Iceberg catalog type

Allowed value: unity

Mandatory rest_catalog_type ('unity')
catalog_location Databricks Unity Iceberg REST API endpoint

Format: "<workspace-url>/api/2.1/unity-catalog/iceberg-rest"

  • <workspace-url>: The Databricks workspace URL
  • REST endpoint path: /api/2.1/unity-catalog/iceberg-rest

This format is according to Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS and above.

Mandatory catalog_location ('https://1440666423386241.1.gcp.databricks.com/api/2.1/unity-catalog/iceberg-rest'')
catalog_name Databricks Unity Iceberg Catalog Name Mandatory catalog_name ('reg_iceberg_unity_gcp')
idp_type Identity provider type

Allowed value: gcp_service_account (Google Cloud Platform Service Account ID Token for secure OAuth2 authentication.)

Mandatory idp_type ('gcp_service_account')
idp_token_scope Token scope for token generation requests (defaults to catalogHostLocation if not provided) Optional idp_token_scope ('https://1440666423386241.1.gcp.databricks.com')
storage_location Google Cloud Storage location Mandatory storage_location ('gs://tdotf-dev/58eff1a8-e4a5-44a9-8847-1692a8cb154c')
project_id Google Cloud Service Account project id Mandatory project_id ('tc-otf')
client_id Google Cloud Service Account client id Mandatory client_id ('110337432395221507455')
client_email Google Cloud Service Account client email Mandatory client_email ('sa-tc-otf-000@tc-otf.iam.gserviceaccount.com')

Example

Replace google_cloud_service_account_client_email and google_cloud_service_account_private_key variables with the client email and private key from your Google Cloud Service Account.

REPLACE AUTHORIZATION gcp_idp_auth
USER '<<google_cloud_service_account_private_client_email>>'
PASSWORD '<<google_cloud_service_account_private_key>';
REPLACE DATALAKE iceberg_unity_gcp_idp_rest
EXTERNAL SECURITY CATALOG gcp_idp_auth ,
EXTERNAL SECURITY STORAGE gcp_idp_auth
USING
catalog_type ('rest')
rest_catalog_type('unity')
catalog_location ('https://1440666423386241.1.gcp.databricks.com/api/2.1/unity-catalog/iceberg-rest')
catalog_name ('reg_iceberg_unity_gcp')
idp_type('gcp_service_account')
storage_location ('gs://tdotf-dev/58eff1a8-e4a5-44a9-8847-1692a8cb154c')
project_id ('tc-otf')
client_id ('110337432395221507455')
client_email ('sa-tc-otf-000@tc-otf.iam.gserviceaccount.com')
TABLE FORMAT iceberg;