Advanced configuration: Setting up data.world bridge for data virtualization
The data.world Bridge is a connectivity hub hosted by the customer, offering outbound-only, short-lived, and highly secure connections. It is powered by Trustgrid, and trusted by banks, healthcare companies, and many other organizations with strict security and compliance needs.
While customer-hosted metadata collectors and technical lineage servers don't require inbound connectivity, data virtualization/federated query and data.world-hosted metadata collection do. The data.world Bridge serves as a secure method for facilitating these outbound-only connections.
data.world provides the data.world Bridge, and it can be deployed either as a hardware appliance or a software virtual appliance with image support for AWS, vSphere, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
High-level architecture
data.world takes care of the Application, Gateway Node, and Cloud Management components. The customer is only responsible for managing the Edge Nodes and establishing a connection to the Database. These are the databases, BI tools, etc., that need to connect to data.world.
We recommend a high availability (HA) implementation. Customers using the data.world Bridge are provided with up to two nodes.
Network requirements
Should your organization have outbound internet traffic firewall settings, or in the event of a firewall between the nodes and your servers, it's important to implement necessary firewall rules that permit traffic from the data.world Bridge. If you need assistance determining the required firewall rules, feel free to contact support.
In cases where your environment includes multiple VLANs, ensure the switch ports are configured to allow access to the correct VLAN.
For Standard (one node) setup:
1 Public IP Address
1 Private IP Address
2 DNS Servers
For High Availability (Two Nodes) setup:
2 Public IP Addresses
2 Private IP Addresses
1 Private IP Address for Cluster IP
2 DNS Servers
Recommended Software Requirements
Item | Requirements |
|---|---|
CPU | 4 vCPU (or equivalent) |
RAM | 4 GB |
Disk space | 30 GB |
Installing the data.world bridge
For instructions on how to install the data.world Bridge, see the data.world Bridge documentation. For comprehensive information on Trustgrid, refer to the complete Trustgid documentation.