Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline

AWS Data Pipeline is a cloud-based extract, transform, load (ETL) service that enables you to automate the transfer, processing, and storage of your data.

Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline enables you to do the following:

• Execute or create an AWS Data Pipeline.
• Manage AWS Data Pipeline credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any AWS Data Pipeline endpoint.
• Integrate AWS Data Pipeline jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of AWS Data Pipeline jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your AWS Data Pipeline jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Run 50 AWS Data Pipeline jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the AWS Data Pipeline plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline

This procedure describes how to deploy the AWS Data Pipeline plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an AWS Data Pipeline job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

2. Download the AWS Data Pipeline plug-in from the Control-M for AWS Data Pipeline download page in the EPD site.

3. Install the AWS Data Pipeline plug-in via one of the following methods:
   • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
     1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
        
        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
     2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
        • Linux: ctm provision image ADP_plugin.Linux
        • Windows: ctm provision image ADP_plugin.Windows
   • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Use the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
4. Create an AWS Data Pipeline connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with AWS Data Pipeline Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:AWS Data Pipeline
5. Define an AWS Data Pipeline job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with AWS Data Pipeline Job parameters
   • Automation API: Job:AWS Data Pipeline