What is AWS Glue?
AWS Glue is a comprehensive, serverless data integration service that simplifies the process of discovering, preparing, moving, and integrating data from multiple sources for analytics, machine learning, and application development. The service provides a centralized data catalog to manage data assets, including table definitions, schemas, job definitions, and control information. Users can visually create, run, and monitor ETL pipelines to load data into data lakes, leveraging built-in machine learning capabilities to handle data preparation tasks such as deduplication, data cleansing, and anomaly detection. AWS Glue also offers a robust API, enabling seamless integration with various third-party solutions, allowing businesses to streamline their data workflows and derive valuable insights from their data
Highlights
- Serverless data integration service for discovering, preparing, moving, and integrating data from diverse sources
- Centralized data catalog to manage data assets, including tables, schemas, job definitions, and control information
- Visual interface for creating, running, and monitoring ETL pipelines to load data into data lakes
- Built-in machine learning capabilities for data preparation tasks like deduplication, data cleansing, and anomaly detection
- Robust API for integrating with third-party solutions to streamline data workflows
Features
Easy - AWS Glue automates much of the effort in
Developer Friendly - AWS Glue generates ETL code
Serverless - AWS Glue is serverless. There is no
Integrated - AWS Glue is integrated across a