Talend (now Qlik Talend) is a leading ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) solution that offers a unified platform for comprehensive data integration, ensuring data quality and providing robust big data capabilities. It's designed to help organizations efficiently move, manage, and govern their data assets.
Prerequisites
You need to have proper permissions for either creating a new user in Talend with read-only permissions, or use your own user for Foundational.
Configuration Steps
Configure Network Access to Talend Servers
You need to make sure that Foundational can access the relevant Talend servers, specifically to:
Talend Administration Center (TAC) - Port 8080 (default one) and 443 (HTTPS)
Used for authentication and listing projectsTalend Code Repository (e.g. Git, SVN) - Port 22 (SSH) and 443 (HTTPS)
Used for exporting ETL definitions
Get User Credentials for Foundational for Accessing Talend
Foundational needs credentials for (at-least) read-only user in order to extract the ETL definitions. You can either:
Use an existing user name and password
Create a new user name and password Follow this guide for adding a user in Talend
If you use SSO and don’t have password - you will need to create a Personal Access Token (PAT) instead of password. In order to generate PAT - follow the instructions from Talend help center.
Configure Talend ETL Connector in Foundational
Login to Foundational: https://app.foundational.io
Go to Integrations page
Click on Talend ETL connector
Fill in the Talend Administration Center (TAC) URL
Fill in the username and password or personal access token (PAT) for the user that Foundational should use to access Talend
Click “Save”