A Metadata Server is an OMAG server that hosts a metadata repository with native support for open metadata types and instances. It is able to be a member of an open metadata repository cohort and so can exchange metadata with other members of the cohort.
Figure 1: Metadata server in the open metadata ecosystem
The metadata server typically has the access services configured and so can act as a metadata access point. It is important to have at least one metadata server in each cohort in order to support all types of metadata.
Figure 2 shows the configuration document for a metadata server that does not connect to a cohort.
Figure 2: Standalone metadata server
Figure 3 shows the metadata server configuration document with the cohort configuration added to enable it to communicate with other metadata servers.
Figure 3: Connected metadata server
The tasks for configuring an metadata server are as follows:
- Setting up the default event bus
- Configuring the default local server URL root
- Setting basic properties for an OMAG server
- Configuring the audit log destinations
- Configuring the server security connector
- Configuring the local repository
- Configuring registration to a cohort
- Configuring the open metadata archives loaded at server start
- Configuring the Open Metadata Access Services (OMASs)
Return to Cohort Members.
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