Using Greenplum utilities

You can use the Greenplum client to customize connections in DataFlow.

Follow these steps to install the Greenplum client:

  1. Download the appropriate installer package for your platform from the following site.

    The package name has the following form: pacgreenplum-loaders-<version>-PLATFORM.bin.zip.

    https://network.pivotal.io/products/pivotal-gpdb#/releases/837931/file_groups/3218

  2. Select the Greenplum Client for RHEL 7 or RHEL 8, depending on your RHEL version.

    This downloads the RPM file.

  3. Install the Greenplum client using yum. This command installs the utility on the path /usr/local/greenplum-db-clients-<version>.

    RHEL 7
    #sudo yum install greenplum-db-clients-<version>-rhel7-x86_64.rpm
    RHEL 8
    #sudo yum install greenplum-db-clients-<version>-rhel8-x86_64.rpm

  4. To access gpfdist and gpload commands from DataFlow, create symlinks in the /usr/bin path.

    #sudo ln -s /usr/local/greenplum-db-clients-<version>/bin/gpload /usr/bin/gpload

#sudo ln -s /usr/local/greenplum-db-clients-<version>/bin/gpfdist /usr/bin/gpfdist

  5. Verify the installation by running the gpfdist command.

    #gpfdist

  6. Restart the DataFlow service.

    #tscli --adv service restart dataflow

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