Starrocks setup

Overview of dbt-starrocks

• Maintained by: Starrocks
• Authors: Astralidea
• GitHub repo: StarRocks/dbt-starrocks
• PyPI package: dbt-starrocks
• Slack channel: #db-starrocks
• Supported dbt Core version: v1.6.2 and newer
• dbt support: Not Supported
• Minimum data platform version: Starrocks 2.5

Installing dbt-starrocks

pip is the easiest way to install the adapter:

python -m pip install dbt-starrocks

Installing dbt-starrocks will also install dbt-core and any other dependencies.

Configuring dbt-starrocks

For Starrocks-specifc configuration please refer to Starrocks Configuration

For further info, refer to the GitHub repository: StarRocks/dbt-starrocks

Authentication Methods

User / Password Authentication

Starrocks can be configured using basic user/password authentication as shown below.

~/.dbt/profiles.yml

my-starrocks-db:
  target: dev
  outputs:
    dev:
      type: starrocks
      host: localhost
      port: 9030
      schema: analytics
      
      # User/password auth
      username: your_starrocks_username
      password: your_starrocks_password

Description of Profile Fields

Option	Description	Required?	Example
type	The specific adapter to use	Required	starrocks
host	The hostname to connect to	Required	192.168.100.28
port	The port to use	Required	9030
schema	Specify the schema (database) to build models into	Required	analytics
username	The username to use to connect to the server	Required	dbt_admin
password	The password to use for authenticating to the server	Required	correct-horse-battery-staple
version	Let Plugin try to go to a compatible starrocks version	Optional	3.1.0

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Supported features

Starrocks <= 2.5	Starrocks 2.5 ~ 3.1	Starrocks >= 3.1	Feature
✅	✅	✅	Table materialization
✅	✅	✅	View materialization
❌	❌	✅	Materialized View materialization
❌	✅	✅	Incremental materialization
❌	✅	✅	Primary Key Model
✅	✅	✅	Sources
✅	✅	✅	Custom data tests
✅	✅	✅	Docs generate
❌	❌	❌	Kafka

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Notice

1. When StarRocks Version < 2.5, Create table as can only set engine='OLAP' and table_type='DUPLICATE'
2. When StarRocks Version >= 2.5, Create table as supports table_type='PRIMARY'
3. When StarRocks Version < 3.1 distributed_by is required

It is recommended to use the latest starrocks version and dbt-starrocks version for the best experience.

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