Snowflake Object Lifecycle Orchestrator

Type	Pre-Set
Image	$DATAOPS_SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_RUNNER_IMAGE

The Snowflake Object Lifecycle Engine (SOLE) is a pre-set orchestrator. And it is responsible for engaging with the Snowflake Object Lifecycle Engine (or SOLE) to process the Snowflake object configuration stored in the /dataops/snowflake project directory.

For more information, refer to the SOLE User Guide and the SOLE Reference Guide.

Usage

SOLE uses lifecycle-actions to manage its processes and operations. As described in the lifecycle actions doc, there are eight different lifecycle actions, grouped into two groups:

Let's look at the code for each group as found in the DataOps Reference Project:

Snowflake Setup with AGGREGATE

pipelines/includes/local_overrides/snowflake_lifecycle.yml
"Set Up Snowflake":
  extends:
    - .agent_tag
  stage: Snowflake Setup
  image: $DATAOPS_SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_RUNNER_IMAGE
  variables:
    LIFECYCLE_ACTION: AGGREGATE
    ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/snowflake-artifacts
    CONFIGURATION_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dataops/snowflake
  resource_group: $CI_JOB_NAME
  script:
    - /dataops
  artifacts:
    when: always
    paths:
      - $ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY
  icon: ${SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_ICON}

Cleanup with AGGREGATE-DESTROY

pipelines/includes/local_overrides/snowflake_lifecycle.yml
"Tear Down Snowflake":
  extends:
    - .agent_tag
  stage: Clean Up
  image: $DATAOPS_SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_RUNNER_IMAGE
  variables:
    LIFECYCLE_ACTION: AGGREGATE-DESTROY
    ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/snowflake-artifacts
    CONFIGURATION_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dataops/snowflake
  resource_group: $CI_JOB_NAME
  script:
    - /dataops
  artifacts:
    when: always
    paths:
      - $ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY
  icon: ${SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_ICON}
  rules:
    ## Block this job from master (PROD) and qa (QA) branches
    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $DATAOPS_BRANCH_NAME_PROD || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $DATAOPS_BRANCH_NAME_QA'
      when: never
    ## For all other branches, enable this job to be run manually
    - when: manual

Supported Parameters

Parameter	Required/Default	Description
`CONFIGURATION_DIR`	REQUIRED, defaults to `$CI_PROJECT_DIR/dataops/snowflake`	The project directory where the Snowflake configuration files are located.
`ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY`	Optional, defaults to `$CI_PROJECT_DIR/snowflake-provider`	The path to where the artifacts such as the resource files, import files, and state files are uploaded. It is essential to specify the `ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY` as an artifact in the related DataOps job.
`LIFECYCLE_ACTION`	REQUIRED	See below for this parameter's valid values.
`LIFECYCLE_MANAGE_OBJECT`	Optional	See below for this parameter's valid values. If no value is specified, all object groups are managed.
`DATAOPS_SOLE_ACCOUNT`	REQUIRED, from connection parameters	The Snowflake account. If the account is a region-based account or the organization name is not used, the region must be added to this variable.
`DATAOPS_SOLE_USERNAME`	REQUIRED , from connection parameters	The Snowflake account username
`DATAOPS_SOLE_PASSWORD`	REQUIRED , from connection parameters	The Snowflake account password
`DATAOPS_SOLE_ROLE`	REQUIRED , from connection parameters	The Snowflake role that can run queries.
`DATAOPS_SOLE_WAREHOUSE`	Optional , from connection parameters	The Snowflake warehouse used for SOLE Grant Management.
`DATAOPS_PREFIX`	REQUIRED, from project settings	This prefix is added to all account-level objects and databases (except the default database).
`DATAOPS_DATABASE`	REQUIRED, from project settings	The default database name - required if the default database is specified in the configuration as `{{env.DATAOPS_DATABASE}}`.
`DATAOPS_DATABASE_MASTER`	Optional, from project settings	The `PROD` or main/master database - required if the production database is referenced in the configuration by the variable `{{env.DATAOPS_DATABASE_MASTER}}`.
`DATAOPS_ENV_NAME`	REQUIRED, from project settings	This suffix is added to all account-level objects and databases (except the default database).
`DATAOPS_ENV_NAME_PROD`	Optional, defaults to `master`	Specifies the branch used as the production environment
`DATAOPS_NONDB_ENV_NAME`	Optional	The suffix override value - if specified, it overrides all branch-specific suffixes with its value.
`LIFECYCLE_RESOURCE_FILE`	Optional, defaults to `resources.tf.json`	The file name containing the resource definitions.
`LIFECYCLE_IMPORT_FILE`	Optional, defaults to `resource_imports.json`	The file name containing the resource import statements.
`LIFECYCLE_STATE_RESET`	Optional	If set, the local state is reset and all defined and managed objects are re-initialized.
`PROVIDER_DIR`	Optional, defaults to `/snowflake-provider`	The provider configuration directory path - it must contain a file named `provider.tf` with a list of Snowflake providers.
`DISABLE_PERSISTENT_CACHE`	Optional	If set, it disables persistent cache usage by the orchestrator. The user must handle the generated file transfers between jobs.
`DONT_USE_SOLE_GRANT_MANAGEMENT`	Optional	If set, it disables SOLE Grant Management for managing the privilege/role grants and revokes and uses the Terraform Provider.
`DATAOPS_SOLE_OVERRIDE`	Optional	If set, it overrides the object's delete/update prevention feature.
`DATAOPS_SOLE_DEBUG`	Optional	If set, it enables the debug logs for SOLE without exposing any credentials when writing to these logs.
`SOLE_LOG_CLEANUP`	Optional	If set, it removes all the log files from the host system's cache.
`SOLE_CACHE_CLEANUP`	Optional	If set, it removes the host system's cache.
`DATAOPS_PRESERVE_OBJECT_NAME`	Optional	If set, it enables special character support.
`SET_TERRAFORM_KEYS_TO_ENV`	Optional	If set, it exports SOLE credentials from the DataOps Vault to the pipeline environment.

`CONFIGURATION_DIR`

The CONFIGURATION_DIR parameter specifies your project directory where the Snowflake configuration files are located. Refer to the SOLE Managed Object Reference for supported configurations.

`LIFECYCLE_ACTION`

The valid values for this variable are as follows:

AGGREGATE - execute compile, validate, plan, and apply
COMPILE - only compile the Snowflake configuration found in the CONFIGURATION_DIR
VALIDATE - only validate the compiled resources
PLAN - only plan the validated configuration
APPLY - only apply the planned configuration
AGGREGATE-DESTROY - execute compile, validate, plan-destroy, and destroy
PLAN-DESTROY - only plan how to tear down the Snowflake configuration
DESTROY - only execute the teardown plan

`LIFECYCLE_MANAGE_OBJECT`

The valid values for this variable are as follows:

ACCOUNT_LEVEL - only manage account-level objects
DATABASE - only manage databases
DATABASE_LEVEL - only manage database-level objects
GRANT - only manage grants

If no value is specified for this parameter, all object groups are managed in sequence.

`DATAOPS_SOLE_DEBUG`

Setting DATAOPS_SOLE_DEBUG to a value enables SOLE'S debug mode. This generates more log-output related to SOLE'S internal processes and is useful for debugging if a job fails or behaves unexpectedly. No credentials are logged when using DATAOPS_SOLE_DEBUG. The SOLE credentials are masked by a fixed 16-length character X.

Example Jobs

As described in the Usage section above, the SOLE Orchestrator facilitates the implementation of the two aggregate lifecycle_actions, AGGREGATE and AGGREGATE-DESTROY. At the risk of duplicating content, providing context to the following example jobs is a good idea. Therefore, let's assume you need to create a new feature branch to develop a new report. Once the code has been written, it must be tested. To test this report, you need to run a DataOps pipeline, including the setup and tear-down Snowflake jobs.

Set Up Snowflake

The default from the DataOps Reference Project for setting up Snowflake uses the AGGREGATE lifecycle action.

pipelines/includes/local_overrides/snowflake_lifecycle.yml
"Set Up Snowflake":
  extends:
    - .agent_tag
  stage: "Snowflake Setup"
  image: $DATAOPS_SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_RUNNER_IMAGE
  variables:
    LIFECYCLE_ACTION: AGGREGATE
    ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/snowflake-artifacts
    CONFIGURATION_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dataops/snowflake
  resource_group: $CI_JOB_NAME
  script:
    - /dataops
  artifacts:
    when: always
    paths:
      - $ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY
  icon: ${SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_ICON}

Tear Down Snowflake

The default from the DataOps Reference Project for tearing down Snowflake for a feature branch uses the AGGREGATE-DESTROY lifecycle action.

pipelines/includes/local_overrides/snowflake_lifecycle.yml
"Tear Down Snowflake":
  extends:
    - .agent_tag
  stage: Clean Up
  image: $DATAOPS_SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_RUNNER_IMAGE
  variables:
    LIFECYCLE_ACTION: AGGREGATE-DESTROY
    ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/snowflake-artifacts
    CONFIGURATION_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dataops/snowflake
  resource_group: $CI_JOB_NAME
  script:
    - /dataops
  artifacts:
    when: always
    paths:
      - $ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY
  icon: ${SNOWFLAKEOBJECTLIFECYCLE_ICON}
  rules:
    ## Block this job from master (PROD) and qa (QA) branches
    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $DATAOPS_BRANCH_NAME_PROD || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $DATAOPS_BRANCH_NAME_QA'
      when: never
    ## For all other branches, enable this job to be run manually
    - when: manual

Individual Jobs

For further examples on how to use the lifecycle actions and the object hierarchies with the SOLE orchestrator refer to the lifecycle action jobs user guide.

Project Resources

None

Host Dependencies (and Resources)

None

Usage​

Snowflake Setup with AGGREGATE​

Cleanup with AGGREGATE-DESTROY​

Supported Parameters​

CONFIGURATION_DIR​

LIFECYCLE_ACTION​

LIFECYCLE_MANAGE_OBJECT​

DATAOPS_SOLE_DEBUG​

Example Jobs​

Set Up Snowflake​

Tear Down Snowflake​

Individual Jobs​

Project Resources​

Host Dependencies (and Resources)​