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Variables in Apache Airflow: The Guide
Wondering how to deal with variables in Apache Airflow? Well you are at the right place. In this tutorial, you are going to learn everything you need about the variables in Airflow. What are they, how they work, how can you define them, how to get them and more. If
Apache Airflow | How to use the BashOperator
Wondering how can you execute bash commands through Airflow ? The Airflow BashOperator does exactly what you are looking for. It is a very simple but powerful operator, allowing you to execute either a bash script, a command or a set of commands from your DAGs. You may have seen
Password Authentication in Apache Airflow
When you start using Apache Airflow in production, one of your top priority is to prevent its access to everyone. Indeed, since Airflow orchestrates data pipelines, it is a master piece of your data platform and can potentially deal with sensitive data. When we are working in a company, different
How to use timezones in Apache Airflow
Dealing with timezones in general can become a real nightmare if they are not correctly used. Understanding how timezones in Apache Airflow work is important since you may want to schedule your DAGs according to your local time zone, which can lead to surprises when DST (Daylight Saving Time) happens.
Apache Airflow monitoring with TIG: Part 1
Monitoring Apache Airflow should be your top priority when you are in production. Without monitoring you have no way to know if anything goes wrong. Imagine that Airflow stops working for any reason, since it is your orchestrator, your data pipelines won’t be scheduled anymore and so your data won’t
How to use templates and macros in Apache Airflow
Templates and Macros in Apache Airflow are the way to pass dynamic data to your DAGs at runtime. Let’s imagine that you would like to execute a SQL request using the execution date of your DAG? How can you do that? How could you use the DAG id of your