Snowflake Engine Configuration

Snowflake is a cloud-based analytic database query engine that can read Iceberg tables and provide enterprise-scale analytical capabilities.

Configuration Options

Key	Type	Default	Description
catalog-name	string	–	Glue catalog name for metadata
external-volume	string	–	Snowflake external volume name
url	string	–	Full JDBC URL including auth params

Example Configuration

{
  "engines": {
    "snowflake": {
      "catalog-name": "my-glue-catalog",
      "external-volume": "my-external-volume", 
      "url": "jdbc:snowflake://account.snowflakecomputing.com/?user=username&password=password&warehouse=warehouse&db=database&schema=schema"
    }
  }
}

Usage Notes

• Requires all three configuration parameters
• Designed for large-scale analytical workloads in the cloud
• Integrates with AWS Glue for metadata management
• Uses external volumes for accessing Iceberg data
• Authentication parameters should be included in the JDBC URL
• For local development, consider using DuckDB as a substitute
• Provides enterprise features like data sharing and governance