# Create Catalogs

Creating a Catalog establishes read-only communication with a Metastore and provides e6data with the schema information it requires for efficient querying. Select a type of Metastore below for instructions to connect:

* [How to connect to a Hive Metastore.](/product-documentation/catalogs/create-catalogs/hive-metastore.md)
* [How to connect to an AWS Glue Metastore.](/product-documentation/catalogs/create-catalogs/glue-metastore.md)
* [How to connect to a Unity Metastore](/product-documentation/catalogs/create-catalogs/unity-catalog.md)

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If you created a serverless workspace, you'll need to provision cloud resources to configure the catalog.
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A [cross-account catalog ](/product-documentation/catalogs/create-catalogs/cross-account-catalog-access.md)allows you to connect to and access a data catalog or metastore that resides in a different cloud account within the same cloud provider. By connecting to the metastore in the other account, you can seamlessly query data across accounts, ensuring that your workspace can interact with datasets regardless of their account location.


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