dbx-demo-hybrid

This is a sample project for Databricks, generated via cookiecutter.

While using this project, you need Python 3.X and pip or conda for package management.

Local environment setup

  1. Instantiate a local Python environment via a tool of your choice. This example is based on conda, but you can use any environment management tool:
conda create -n dbx_demo_hybrid python=3.9
conda activate dbx_demo_hybrid
  1. If you don't have JDK installed on your local machine, install it (in this example we use conda-based installation):
conda install -c conda-forge openjdk
  1. Install unit requirements for local development and the project package in a developer mode:
pip install -r unit-requirements.txt
pip install -e .

Running unit tests

For unit testing, please use pytest:

pytest tests/unit --cov

Please check the directory tests/unit for more details on how to use unit tests. In the tests/unit/conftest.py you'll also find useful testing primitives, such as local Spark instance with Delta support, local MLflow and DBUtils fixture.

Running integration tests

There are two options for running integration tests:

  • On an interactive cluster via dbx execute
  • On a job cluster via dbx launch

For quicker startup of the job clusters we recommend using instance pools (AWS, Azure, GCP).

For an integration test on interactive cluster, use the following command:

dbx execute --cluster-name=<name of interactive cluster> --job=<name of the job to test>

For a test on an automated job cluster, deploy the job files and then launch:

dbx deploy --jobs=<name of the job to test> --files-only
dbx launch --job=<name of the job to test> --as-run-submit --trace

Please note that for testing we recommend using jobless deployments, so you won't affect existing job definitions.

Interactive execution and development on Databricks clusters

  1. dbx expects that cluster for interactive execution supports %pip and %conda magic commands.
  2. Please configure your job in conf/deployment.yml file.
  3. To execute the code interactively, provide either --cluster-id or --cluster-name.
dbx execute \
    --cluster-name="<some-cluster-name>" \
    --job=job-name

Multiple users also can use the same cluster for development. Libraries will be isolated per each execution context.

Working with notebooks and Repos

To start working with your notebooks from a Repos, do the following steps:

  1. Add your git provider token to your user settings
  2. Add your repository to Repos. This could be done via UI, or via CLI command below:
databricks repos create --url <your repo URL> --provider <your-provider>

This command will create your personal repository under /Repos/<username>/dbx_demo_hybrid. 3. To set up the CI/CD pipeline with the notebook, create a separate Staging repo:

databricks repos create --url <your repo URL> --provider <your-provider> --path /Repos/Staging/dbx_demo_hybrid

CI/CD pipeline settings

Please set the following secrets or environment variables for your CI provider:

  • DATABRICKS_HOST
  • DATABRICKS_TOKEN

Testing and releasing via CI pipeline

  • To trigger the CI pipeline, simply push your code to the repository. If CI provider is correctly set, it shall trigger the general testing pipeline
  • To trigger the release pipeline, get the current version from the dbx_demo_hybrid/__init__.py file and tag the current code version:
git tag -a v<your-project-version> -m "Release tag for version <your-project-version>"
git push origin --tags