Build a PostgreSQL Interface for Presto Data using the CData JDBC Driver

There are a vast number of PostgreSQL clients available on the Internet. From standard Drivers to BI and Analytics tools, PostgreSQL is a popular interface for data access. Using our JDBC Drivers, you can now create PostgreSQL entry-points that you can connect to from any standard client.

To access Presto data as a PostgreSQL database, use the CData JDBC Driver for Presto and a JDBC foreign data wrapper (FDW). In this article, we compile the FDW, install it, and query Presto data from PostgreSQL Server.

Getting Started

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Connect to Presto Data as a JDBC Data Source

To connect to Presto as a JDBC data source, you will need the following:

• Driver JAR path: The JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.

• Driver class:

  cdata.jdbc.presto.PrestoDriver
  

• JDBC URL: The URL must start with "jdbc:presto:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

  Set the Server and Port connection properties to connect, in addition to any authentication properties that may be required.

  To enable TLS/SSL, set UseSSL to true.

  Authenticating with LDAP

  In order to authenticate with LDAP, set the following connection properties:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to LDAP.
  • User: The username being authenticated with in LDAP.
  • Password: The password associated with the User you are authenticating against LDAP with.

  Authenticating with Kerberos

  In order to authenticate with KERBEROS, set the following connection properties:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to KERBEROS.
  • KerberosKDC: The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user.
  • KerberosRealm: The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user with.
  • KerberosSPN: The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
  • KerberosKeytabFile: The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.
  • User: The user who is authenticating to Kerberos.
  • Password: The password used to authenticate to Kerberos.

  Built-in Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Presto JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

  java -jar cdata.jdbc.presto.jar
  

  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

  👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
  

  A typical JDBC URL is below:

  jdbc:presto:Server=127.0.0.1;Port=8080;
  

Build the JDBC Foreign Data Wrapper

The Foreign Data Wrapper can be installed as an extension to PostgreSQL, without recompiling PostgreSQL. The jdbc2_fdw extension is used as an example (downloadable here).

1. Add a symlink from the shared object for your version of the JRE to /usr/lib/libjvm.so. For example:

   ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so /usr/lib/libjvm.so
   

2. Start the build:

   make install USE_PGXS=1
   

Query Presto Data as a PostgreSQL Database

After you have installed the extension, follow the steps below to start executing queries to Presto data:

1. Log into your database.
2. Load the extension for the database:

   CREATE EXTENSION jdbc2_fdw;
   

3. Create a server object for Presto:

   CREATE SERVER Presto 
   FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER jdbc2_fdw OPTIONS (
   drivername 'cdata.jdbc.presto.PrestoDriver',
   url 'jdbc:presto:Server=127.0.0.1;Port=8080;',
   querytimeout '15',
   jarfile '/home/MyUser/CData/CData\ JDBC\ Driver\ for\ Salesforce MyDriverEdition/lib/cdata.jdbc.presto.jar'); 
   

4. Create a user mapping for the username and password of a user known to the MySQL daemon.

   CREATE USER MAPPING for postgres SERVER Presto OPTIONS (
   username 'admin', 
   password 'test');
   

5. Create a foreign table in your local database:

   postgres=# CREATE FOREIGN TABLE customer (
   customer_id text,
   customer_FirstName text,
   customer_LastName numeric) 
   SERVER Presto OPTIONS (
   table_name 'customer');
   

You can now execute read/write commands to Presto:

postgres=# SELECT * FROM customer;