Authentication settings for the Databricks ODBC Driver

This article describes how to configure Databricks authentication settings for the Databricks ODBC Driver.

This article assumes that you have already gathered the following additional settings to add to the authentication settings as described in this article:

To configure a Databricks connection for the Databricks ODBC Driver, you must combine your compute resource settings, any driver capability settings, and the following authentication settings, into an ODBC Data Source Name (DSN) or a DSN-less connection string.

Whether you use a DSN or DSN-less connection string will depend on the requirements for your target app, tool, client, SDK, or API. Examples of DSNs and DSN-less connection strings are provided in this article for each supported Databricks authentication type.

The Databricks ODBC Driver supports authentication using a Databricks personal access token. To create a personal access token, do the following:

  1. In your Databricks workspace, click your Databricks username in the top bar, and then select Settings from the drop down.

  2. Click Developer.

  3. Next to Access tokens, click Manage.

  4. Click Generate new token.

  5. (Optional) Enter a comment that helps you to identify this token in the future, and change the token’s default lifetime of 90 days. To create a token with no lifetime (not recommended), leave the Lifetime (days) box empty (blank).

  6. Click Generate.

  7. Copy the displayed token to a secure location, and then click Done.

Note

Be sure to save the copied token in a secure location. Do not share your copied token with others. If you lose the copied token, you cannot regenerate that exact same token. Instead, you must repeat this procedure to create a new token. If you lose the copied token, or you believe that the token has been compromised, Databricks strongly recommends that you immediately delete that token from your workspace by clicking the trash can (Revoke) icon next to the token on the Access tokens page.

If you are not able to create or use tokens in your workspace, this might be because your workspace administrator has disabled tokens or has not given you permission to create or use tokens. See your workspace administrator or the following:

To authenticate using a Databricks personal access token, add the following configurations to your compute settings and any special or advanced driver capability settings:

Setting

Value

AuthMech

3

UID

token

PWD

The Databricks personal access token for your workspace user.

To create a DSN, use the following format:

[Databricks]
Driver=<path-to-driver>
Host=<server-hostname>
Port=443
HTTPPath=<http-path>
SSL=1
ThriftTransport=2
AuthMech=3
UID=token
PWD=<personal-access-token>

To create a DSN-less connection string, use the following format. Line breaks have been added for readability. The string must not contain these line breaks:

Driver=<path-to-driver>;
Host=<server-hostname>;
Port=443;
HTTPPath=<http-path>;
SSL=1;
ThriftTransport=2;
AuthMech=3;
UID=token;
PWD=<personal-access-token>