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Updates a crawler. If a crawler is running, you must stop it using StopCrawler
before updating it.
See also: AWS API Documentation
update-crawler
--name <value>
[--role <value>]
[--database-name <value>]
[--description <value>]
[--targets <value>]
[--schedule <value>]
[--classifiers <value>]
[--table-prefix <value>]
[--schema-change-policy <value>]
[--recrawl-policy <value>]
[--lineage-configuration <value>]
[--lake-formation-configuration <value>]
[--configuration <value>]
[--crawler-security-configuration <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
--name
(string)
Name of the new crawler.
--role
(string)
The IAM role or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an IAM role that is used by the new crawler to access customer resources.
--database-name
(string)
The Glue database where results are stored, such as:arn:aws:daylight:us-east-1::database/sometable/*
.
--description
(string)
A description of the new crawler.
--targets
(structure)
A list of targets to crawl.
S3Targets -> (list)
Specifies Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) targets.
(structure)
Specifies a data store in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Path -> (string)
The path to the Amazon S3 target.Exclusions -> (list)
A list of glob patterns used to exclude from the crawl. For more information, see Catalog Tables with a Crawler .
(string)
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of a connection which allows a job or crawler to access data in Amazon S3 within an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud environment (Amazon VPC).SampleSize -> (integer)
Sets the number of files in each leaf folder to be crawled when crawling sample files in a dataset. If not set, all the files are crawled. A valid value is an integer between 1 and 249.EventQueueArn -> (string)
A valid Amazon SQS ARN. For example,arn:aws:sqs:region:account:sqs
.DlqEventQueueArn -> (string)
A valid Amazon dead-letter SQS ARN. For example,arn:aws:sqs:region:account:deadLetterQueue
.JdbcTargets -> (list)
Specifies JDBC targets.
(structure)
Specifies a JDBC data store to crawl.
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection to use to connect to the JDBC target.Path -> (string)
The path of the JDBC target.Exclusions -> (list)
A list of glob patterns used to exclude from the crawl. For more information, see Catalog Tables with a Crawler .
(string)
EnableAdditionalMetadata -> (list)
Specify a value of
RAWTYPES
orCOMMENTS
to enable additional metadata in table responses.RAWTYPES
provides the native-level datatype.COMMENTS
provides comments associated with a column or table in the database.If you do not need additional metadata, keep the field empty.
(string)
MongoDBTargets -> (list)
Specifies Amazon DocumentDB or MongoDB targets.
(structure)
Specifies an Amazon DocumentDB or MongoDB data store to crawl.
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection to use to connect to the Amazon DocumentDB or MongoDB target.Path -> (string)
The path of the Amazon DocumentDB or MongoDB target (database/collection).ScanAll -> (boolean)
Indicates whether to scan all the records, or to sample rows from the table. Scanning all the records can take a long time when the table is not a high throughput table.
A value of
true
means to scan all records, while a value offalse
means to sample the records. If no value is specified, the value defaults totrue
.DynamoDBTargets -> (list)
Specifies Amazon DynamoDB targets.
(structure)
Specifies an Amazon DynamoDB table to crawl.
Path -> (string)
The name of the DynamoDB table to crawl.scanAll -> (boolean)
Indicates whether to scan all the records, or to sample rows from the table. Scanning all the records can take a long time when the table is not a high throughput table.
A value of
true
means to scan all records, while a value offalse
means to sample the records. If no value is specified, the value defaults totrue
.scanRate -> (double)
The percentage of the configured read capacity units to use by the Glue crawler. Read capacity units is a term defined by DynamoDB, and is a numeric value that acts as rate limiter for the number of reads that can be performed on that table per second.
The valid values are null or a value between 0.1 to 1.5. A null value is used when user does not provide a value, and defaults to 0.5 of the configured Read Capacity Unit (for provisioned tables), or 0.25 of the max configured Read Capacity Unit (for tables using on-demand mode).
CatalogTargets -> (list)
Specifies Glue Data Catalog targets.
(structure)
Specifies an Glue Data Catalog target.
DatabaseName -> (string)
The name of the database to be synchronized.Tables -> (list)
A list of the tables to be synchronized.
(string)
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection for an Amazon S3-backed Data Catalog table to be a target of the crawl when using aCatalog
connection type paired with aNETWORK
Connection type.EventQueueArn -> (string)
A valid Amazon SQS ARN. For example,arn:aws:sqs:region:account:sqs
.DlqEventQueueArn -> (string)
A valid Amazon dead-letter SQS ARN. For example,arn:aws:sqs:region:account:deadLetterQueue
.DeltaTargets -> (list)
Specifies Delta data store targets.
(structure)
Specifies a Delta data store to crawl one or more Delta tables.
DeltaTables -> (list)
A list of the Amazon S3 paths to the Delta tables.
(string)
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection to use to connect to the Delta table target.WriteManifest -> (boolean)
Specifies whether to write the manifest files to the Delta table path.CreateNativeDeltaTable -> (boolean)
Specifies whether the crawler will create native tables, to allow integration with query engines that support querying of the Delta transaction log directly.IcebergTargets -> (list)
Specifies Apache Iceberg data store targets.
(structure)
Specifies an Apache Iceberg data source where Iceberg tables are stored in Amazon S3.
Paths -> (list)
One or more Amazon S3 paths that contains Iceberg metadata folders as
s3://bucket/prefix
.(string)
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection to use to connect to the Iceberg target.Exclusions -> (list)
A list of glob patterns used to exclude from the crawl. For more information, see Catalog Tables with a Crawler .
(string)
MaximumTraversalDepth -> (integer)
The maximum depth of Amazon S3 paths that the crawler can traverse to discover the Iceberg metadata folder in your Amazon S3 path. Used to limit the crawler run time.HudiTargets -> (list)
Specifies Apache Hudi data store targets.
(structure)
Specifies an Apache Hudi data source.
Paths -> (list)
An array of Amazon S3 location strings for Hudi, each indicating the root folder with which the metadata files for a Hudi table resides. The Hudi folder may be located in a child folder of the root folder.
The crawler will scan all folders underneath a path for a Hudi folder.
(string)
ConnectionName -> (string)
The name of the connection to use to connect to the Hudi target. If your Hudi files are stored in buckets that require VPC authorization, you can set their connection properties here.Exclusions -> (list)
A list of glob patterns used to exclude from the crawl. For more information, see Catalog Tables with a Crawler .
(string)
MaximumTraversalDepth -> (integer)
The maximum depth of Amazon S3 paths that the crawler can traverse to discover the Hudi metadata folder in your Amazon S3 path. Used to limit the crawler run time.
JSON Syntax:
{
"S3Targets": [
{
"Path": "string",
"Exclusions": ["string", ...],
"ConnectionName": "string",
"SampleSize": integer,
"EventQueueArn": "string",
"DlqEventQueueArn": "string"
}
...
],
"JdbcTargets": [
{
"ConnectionName": "string",
"Path": "string",
"Exclusions": ["string", ...],
"EnableAdditionalMetadata": ["COMMENTS"|"RAWTYPES", ...]
}
...
],
"MongoDBTargets": [
{
"ConnectionName": "string",
"Path": "string",
"ScanAll": true|false
}
...
],
"DynamoDBTargets": [
{
"Path": "string",
"scanAll": true|false,
"scanRate": double
}
...
],
"CatalogTargets": [
{
"DatabaseName": "string",
"Tables": ["string", ...],
"ConnectionName": "string",
"EventQueueArn": "string",
"DlqEventQueueArn": "string"
}
...
],
"DeltaTargets": [
{
"DeltaTables": ["string", ...],
"ConnectionName": "string",
"WriteManifest": true|false,
"CreateNativeDeltaTable": true|false
}
...
],
"IcebergTargets": [
{
"Paths": ["string", ...],
"ConnectionName": "string",
"Exclusions": ["string", ...],
"MaximumTraversalDepth": integer
}
...
],
"HudiTargets": [
{
"Paths": ["string", ...],
"ConnectionName": "string",
"Exclusions": ["string", ...],
"MaximumTraversalDepth": integer
}
...
]
}
--schedule
(string)
Acron
expression used to specify the schedule (see Time-Based Schedules for Jobs and Crawlers . For example, to run something every day at 12:15 UTC, you would specify:cron(15 12 * * ? *)
.
--classifiers
(list)
A list of custom classifiers that the user has registered. By default, all built-in classifiers are included in a crawl, but these custom classifiers always override the default classifiers for a given classification.
(string)
Syntax:
"string" "string" ...
--table-prefix
(string)
The table prefix used for catalog tables that are created.
--schema-change-policy
(structure)
The policy for the crawler's update and deletion behavior.
UpdateBehavior -> (string)
The update behavior when the crawler finds a changed schema.DeleteBehavior -> (string)
The deletion behavior when the crawler finds a deleted object.
Shorthand Syntax:
UpdateBehavior=string,DeleteBehavior=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"UpdateBehavior": "LOG"|"UPDATE_IN_DATABASE",
"DeleteBehavior": "LOG"|"DELETE_FROM_DATABASE"|"DEPRECATE_IN_DATABASE"
}
--recrawl-policy
(structure)
A policy that specifies whether to crawl the entire dataset again, or to crawl only folders that were added since the last crawler run.
RecrawlBehavior -> (string)
Specifies whether to crawl the entire dataset again or to crawl only folders that were added since the last crawler run.
A value of
CRAWL_EVERYTHING
specifies crawling the entire dataset again.A value of
CRAWL_NEW_FOLDERS_ONLY
specifies crawling only folders that were added since the last crawler run.A value of
CRAWL_EVENT_MODE
specifies crawling only the changes identified by Amazon S3 events.
Shorthand Syntax:
RecrawlBehavior=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"RecrawlBehavior": "CRAWL_EVERYTHING"|"CRAWL_NEW_FOLDERS_ONLY"|"CRAWL_EVENT_MODE"
}
--lineage-configuration
(structure)
Specifies data lineage configuration settings for the crawler.
CrawlerLineageSettings -> (string)
Specifies whether data lineage is enabled for the crawler. Valid values are:
- ENABLE: enables data lineage for the crawler
- DISABLE: disables data lineage for the crawler
Shorthand Syntax:
CrawlerLineageSettings=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"CrawlerLineageSettings": "ENABLE"|"DISABLE"
}
--lake-formation-configuration
(structure)
Specifies Lake Formation configuration settings for the crawler.
UseLakeFormationCredentials -> (boolean)
Specifies whether to use Lake Formation credentials for the crawler instead of the IAM role credentials.AccountId -> (string)
Required for cross account crawls. For same account crawls as the target data, this can be left as null.
Shorthand Syntax:
UseLakeFormationCredentials=boolean,AccountId=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"UseLakeFormationCredentials": true|false,
"AccountId": "string"
}
--configuration
(string)
Crawler configuration information. This versioned JSON string allows users to specify aspects of a crawler's behavior. For more information, see Setting crawler configuration options .
--crawler-security-configuration
(string)
The name of theSecurityConfiguration
structure to be used by this crawler.
--cli-input-json
(string)
Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
--debug
(boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url
(string)
Override command's default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl
(boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate
(boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
--query
(string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile
(string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region
(string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version
(string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color
(string)
Turn on/off color output.
--no-sign-request
(boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle
(string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
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