Hi All,
I’m setting up an external location via Unity Catalog and I’m running into an issue when creating the location.
Context:
- ADLS Gen2 account with Hierarchical Namespace is enabled.
- A Databricks Access Connector has been created and assigned Contributor at both the subscription/resource and storage scopes.
- As a sanity check, I tested legacy access using storage access keys and was able to connect successfully.
Given that the legacy method works but the UC path fails, I suspect the problem may be with the Unity Catalog configuration (e.g., storage credential/external location permissions). I'm new to databricks so any advice would be great.
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
Hi Joel ,
I had created with hierarchical namespace enabled only , issue was with url used which is now resolved but thanks for your input
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Hi @nithin_1991 can you make sure it is storage blob data contributor granted to managed identity (dbac)
then create storage credential first for this dbac
then create external location using this credential
