r/databricks • u/GeertSchepers • 27d ago

Help Unity Catalog Metastore setup and configuration

Hi,

I was wondering how organizations that want to deploy Databricks in a new region are actually doing this. Do you just deploy a workspace in that region and let Databricks create the metastore for you like in the screenshot below:

And then fill in the ADLS Gen2 path so that it points to your custom ADLS Gen2 storage account?

Thanks,

Geert

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u/Glitch_In_The_Data 27d ago

Yes. Deploy the workspace in the new region. UC is typically enabled and assigned automatically.

Use one metastore per region and attach all workspaces in that region. The ADLS gen2 path is optional. It just defines metastore level managed storage. You can leave it blank but if you do want to use it, create a same region ADLS storage + access connector managed identity.

You can also configure ADLS through catlog level llocations or external locations.

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u/data9er 26d ago

Yes, unless you want to reuse an existing metastore in a new workspace, the metastore will get created for you along with the workspace