Apache Polaris™ is an open-source, fully-featured catalog for Apache Iceberg™. It implements Iceberg's REST API, enabling seamless multi-engine interoperability across a wide range of platforms, including Apache Doris™, Apache Flink®, Apache Spark™, StarRocks, and Trino.

Documentation is available at https://polaris.apache.org, including Polaris management API doc and Apache Iceberg REST API doc.

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Apache Polaris is organized into the following modules:

• polaris-core - The main Polaris entity definitions and core business logic
• polaris-server - The Polaris REST API server
• polaris-eclipselink - The Eclipselink implementation of the MetaStoreManager interface

Apache Polaris is built using Gradle with Java 21 and Docker 27 .

• ./gradlew build - To build and run tests. Make sure Docker is running, as the integration tests depend on it.
• ./gradlew assemble - To skip tests.
• ./gradlew test - To run unit tests and integration tests.
• ./gradlew runApp - To run the Polaris server locally on localhost:8181.
• ./regtests/run_spark_sql.sh - To connect from Spark SQL. Here are some example commands to run in the Spark SQL shell:

create database db1;
show databases;
create table db1.table1 (id int, name string);
insert into db1.table1 values (1, 'a');
select * from db1.table1;

Apache Polaris supports the following optional build options:

• -PeclipseLink=true – Enables the EclipseLink extension.
• -PeclipseLinkDeps=[groupId]:[artifactId]:[version],... – Specifies one or more additional dependencies for EclipseLink (e.g., JDBC drivers) separated by commas.

Running in Docker

• docker build -t localhost:5001/polaris:latest . - To build the image.
  • Optional build options:
    • docker build -t localhost:5001/polaris:latest --build-arg ECLIPSELINK=true . - Enables the EclipseLink extension.
    • docker build -t localhost:5001/polaris:latest --build-arg ECLIPSELINK=true --build-arg ECLIPSELINK_DEPS=[groupId]:[artifactId]:[version],... . – Enables the EclipseLink extension with one or more additional dependencies for EclipseLink (e.g. JDBC drivers) separated by commas.
• docker run -p 8181:8181 localhost:5001/polaris:latest - To run the image in standalone mode.

Running in Kubernetes

• ./run.sh - To run Polaris as a mini-deployment locally. This will create one pod that bind itself to ports 8181 and 8182.
  • Optional run options:
    • ./run.sh -b "ECLIPSELINK=true" - Enables the EclipseLink extension.
    • ./run.sh -b "ECLIPSELINK=true;ECLIPSELINK_DEPS=[groupId]:[artifactId]:[version],..." – Enables the EclipseLink extension with one or more additional dependencies for EclipseLink (e.g. JDBC drivers) separated by commas.
• kubectl port-forward svc/polaris-service -n polaris 8181:8181 8182:8182 - To create secure connections between a local machine and a pod within the cluster for both service and metrics endpoints.
  • Currently supported metrics endpoints:
    • localhost:8182/metrics
    • localhost:8182/healthcheck
• kubectl get pods -n polaris - To check the status of the pods.
• kubectl get deployment -n polaris - To check the status of the deployment.
• kubectl describe deployment polaris-deployment -n polaris - To troubleshoot if things aren't working as expected.

Running regression tests

• ./regtests/run.sh - To run regression tests in another terminal.
• docker compose up --build --exit-code-from regtest - To run regression tests in a Docker environment.

Building docs

• Docs are generated using Hugo using the Docsy theme.
• To view the site locally, run

  site/bin/run-hugo-in-docker.sh

• See README in site/ for more information.

Apache Polaris is under the Apache License Version 2.0. See the LICENSE.

Apache Polaris™ is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.

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