Connecting to Snowflake¶
These topics provide general information about the 3rd-party tools and technologies that form the extended ecosystem for connecting to Snowflake.
They also provide detailed installation, configuration, and usage information for the Snowflake-provided clients (CLI, connectors, and drivers) that form the core of the Snowflake ecosystem.
Snowflake Ecosystem — Overview of the 3rd-party tools and technologies, as well as the Snowflake-provided clients, in the Snowflake ecosystem:
Snowflake Partner Connect — List of Snowflake partners who offer free trials for connecting to and using Snowflake; includes instructions for starting a trial through Snowsight and the classic web interface. More detailed instructions and trial terms are provided by the individual partners.
Downloading Snowflake Clients, Connectors, Drivers, and Libraries — Instructions for downloading the installation packages for clients, connectors, drivers, and libraries.
General Configuration (All Clients) — General configuration instructions that apply to all Snowflake-provided clients (CLI, connectors, and drivers):
SnowSQL (CLI Client) — Detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and using the Snowflake command-line client:
Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code - Detailed instructions for installing, configuring and using the Snowflake SQL Extension for Visual Studio Code.
Drivers - Detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and using the Snowflake-provided drivers Python, JDBC, ODBC, and other clients:
Using Snowflake with Kafka and Spark - Detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and using the Snowflake-provided connectors for Spark and Kafka: