# How to connect data sources

## Getting Started with Data Source Connections

**Time Required:** 5-15 minutes per data source\
**Prerequisites:** Admin credentials and network access to your data sources

### What You'll Need Before Starting:

Review the specific connector documentation for your data source (see links below):

* [ ] Network connectivity (VPC access if needed)
* [ ] The right permissions assigned to the credentials you will use
* [ ] Connection details (host, port, database names etc. specific to your data source)

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## Recommended Connection Order

**🎯 Start Here:** We highly recommend connecting your **Data Warehouses** or **Relational Databases** first so you can see your tables immediately within Decube's Catalog module.

**Why this order?**

1. **Data Warehouses/Databases** → Immediate catalog visibility and data quality monitoring
2. **Transformation Tools** → Add lineage and pipeline monitoring
3. **Business Intelligence** → Complete end-to-end data observability
4. **Data Lake** → File-level governance

## Security & Network Access

If your data sources are not publicly accessible, you may need to allow Decube to access your VPC via secure methods:

{% content-ref url="../../security-and-connectivity/enabling-vpc-access" %}
[enabling-vpc-access](https://docs.decube.io/security-and-connectivity/enabling-vpc-access)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../../security-and-connectivity/ip-whitelisting" %}
[ip-whitelisting](https://docs.decube.io/security-and-connectivity/ip-whitelisting)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../../security-and-connectivity/ssh-tunneling" %}
[ssh-tunneling](https://docs.decube.io/security-and-connectivity/ssh-tunneling)
{% endcontent-ref %}

Below are quick links to each data source we support.

### Data Warehouses

* [Snowflake](https://docs.decube.io/warehouses/snowflake)
* [Redshift](https://docs.decube.io/warehouses/redshift)
* [Google Big Query](https://docs.decube.io/warehouses/google-big-query)
* [Databricks](https://docs.decube.io/warehouses/databricks)
* [Azure Synapse](https://docs.decube.io/warehouses/azure-synapse)

### Relational Databases

* [PostgreSQL](https://docs.decube.io/databases/postgresql)
* [MySQL](https://docs.decube.io/databases/mysql)
* [SingleStore](https://docs.decube.io/databases/singlestore)
* [Microsoft SQL Server](https://docs.decube.io/databases/microsoft-sql-server)

### Transformation tools

* [dbt](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/dbt)
* [dbt Core](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/dbt-core)
* [Fivetran](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/fivetran)
* [Airflow](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/airflow)
* [AWS Glue](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/aws-glue)
* [Azure Data Factory](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/azure-data-factory)
* [Apache Spark](https://docs.decube.io/transformation-tools/apache-spark)

### Business Intelligence

* [Tableau](https://docs.decube.io/business-intelligence/tableau)
* [Looker](https://docs.decube.io/business-intelligence/looker)
* [PowerBI](https://docs.decube.io/business-intelligence/powerbi)

### Data Lake

* [AWS S3](https://docs.decube.io/datalake/s3)
* [Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)](https://docs.decube.io/datalake/azure-data-lake-storage-adls)


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