Before you start
- Make sure you have the credentials to connect your Fabric instance. Use DefaultCredentials to authenticate the connector. This makes it very flexible, with multiple options for specifying credentials, which are client credentials, user login, or managed identities.
- Check the server requirements for the connector.
- Create a configuration file according to the configuration settings. The file must be in YAML format.
Set up the connector
- Windows standalone
- Windows service
- Docker
1
Download the executable
Download the
fabric-connector-standalone-{VERSION}-win32.exe file via the download links available from the Cognite Fabric Connector section on the Extract data page in the CDF user interface.2
Save the file
Save the file in a folder.
3
Run the connector
Open a command line window and run the file with a configuration file as an argument.In this example, the configuration file is named
config.yml and saved in the same folder as the executable file: