Configuration #

This page provides instructions for creating and configuring a data source name (DSN) using the Starburst ODBC driver v3 series.

Before you continue, you must install the driver.

Create a data source name #

To create a data source name (DSN):

1. From the Windows Start menu, search for ODBC Data Sources and select either ODBC Data Sources (64-bit) or ODBC Data Sources (32-bit).
   • Use the ODBC Data Source Administrator that matches your application’s bitness. Verify the bitness by checking the title bar.

2. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator:
   
    

   • Click the Drivers tab. Confirm that Starburst ODBC Driver appears in the list.
   • Choose either:
     • User DSN tab (for a DSN only the current Windows user can access)
     • System DSN tab (for a DSN all users on this machine can access)
       
       
3. Click Add.
4. In the Create New Data Source dialog, select Starburst ODBC Driver.
5. Click Finish.

Connection settings #

In the ODBC Starburst Setup dialog, configure the following settings:

• Data Source Name: A name for your DSN
• Host: The IP address or host name of your Starburst server
  • For SEP, the IP address or host name of your coordinator
  • For Starburst Galaxy, the fully qualified host name of your cluster (e.g., mycompany-sample.trino.galaxy.starburst.io)
• Port: The TCP port number that your Starburst server uses
  • For SEP, usually 443 (configurable)
  • For Starburst Galaxy, always 443
• SSL: Opens the SSL configuration dialog
  • SSL Verification: Controls how strictly the driver verifies the server’s SSL certificate. Select one of the following options:
    • None: The driver does not validate the server certificate
    • CA: The driver validates that the certificate is issued by a trusted CA and is not expired
    • Full: The driver validates the CA and expiration date, plus verifies that the IP/host name matches the certificate’s common name or Subject Alternative Names
  • Trust Certificates: The path to a PEM file containing certificates for your Starburst server that are not trusted by the system truststore
• Authentication: From the Authentication Type drop-down menu, choose from the following authentication types:
  • None: No authentication required
  • Password: Authenticate using a username and password
  • Windows Integrated: Authenticate using the current Windows user’s credentials (Kerberos or NTLM)
  • Windows Password: Authenticate using a specified username and password to generate Windows credentials
  • JWT: Authenticate using a JSON Web Token (access token)
  • OAuth2: Authenticate using the OAuth2 authentication flow
• Catalog/Database: The default catalog for unqualified or partially qualified object references (optional)

• Schema: The default schema for unqualified object references (optional)

   

Proxy connection #

To configure a connection through a proxy server:

1. In the ODBC Starburst Setup dialog, click Proxy Options.
2. Select Use Proxy Server.
3. Enter the Proxy Host (hostname or IP address).
4. Enter the Proxy Port number.
5. If necessary, enter Proxy User and Proxy Password.
6. Optionally, in the Bypass proxy for domains/IPs field, enter a comma-separated list of domains or IP addresses that do not require a proxy.
   • The driver matches each entry as either a domain that contains the hostname, or the hostname itself. For example, sample.com matches both sample.com and www.sample.com, but it does not match sample.com.org. You can specify IP addresses using CIDR notation.
7. To save your proxy settings, click OK.

Advanced options #

In the ODBC Starburst Setup dialog, click Advanced Options to configure additional settings:

• Allow HTTP Redirect: Enable to allow the driver to follow HTTP redirects for all HTTP requests throughout the connection lifecycle
• Ignore Broken Catalog: Enable to skip broken or inaccessible catalogs when querying metadata via functions like SQLTables and SQLColumns
• Cache Access Token: Cache and reuse access token to avoid multiple OAuth windows when applications reconnect
• Application Name: The name of the client application (sets the X-Trino-Source header)
• Client Tags: Comma-separated list of strings to use to identify resource groups
• Extra Credentials: Comma-separated list of key-value pairs for connecting to external services (e.g., PG_UID:admin, PG_PWD:password)
• Roles: Comma-separated list of key-value pairs to set roles for catalogs (e.g., system:public, tpch:read_only)
• Session Properties: Comma-separated list of key:value pairs for session properties (e.g., query_max_run_time:10m, task_mask_writer_count:16)

• Timezone ID: The timezone ID to use to process query data (e.g., America/New_York). If not specified, the system timezone on the client computer is used

   

Testing your connection #

After configuring your basic settings:

1. In the ODBC Starburst Setup dialog, click Test.
2. If the test fails, review the error messages.
3. When successful, click OK.

Logging options #

Enable logging to troubleshoot issues.

To configure logging options:

1. In the ODBC Starburst Setup dialog, click Logging Options.
2. From the Log Level drop-down menu, choose from the following options:
   • Off: Disables all logging
   • Fatal: Logs severe error events that cause the driver to abort
   • Error: Logs error events that allow the driver to continue running
   • Warn: Logs events that may result in an error if you do not take action
   • Info: Logs information that describes the driver’s progress
   • Debug: Logs detailed information to use for debugging the driver
   • Trace: Logs all driver activity
3. In the Log Path field, select a folder to store log files.
4. In the Max Number Files field, enter the maximum number of log files to retain.
5. In the Max File Size field, enter the maximum size of log files in megabytes (MB).
6. Click OK to save your settings.