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How-to guideApplies to: Unified engine deployments
Register Lakekeeper in Unified and read an existing table with no authentication.

Before you start

Use an existing catalog with at least one readable Iceberg table. The engine and workers must reach the catalog and its table storage. Have the remote identity and permissions ready before creating the Unified registration. Replace the namespace and table with one you know has data. Collect the Lakekeeper catalog API URI and warehouse identifier. The no-auth variant is for an instance explicitly configured to allow it; it does not disable server authentication. The service must return usable temporary storage credentials, or the table location must already have configured storage access in Unified. Requesting delegation alone does not grant access.

Values to collect

  • Catalog API URI, warehouse, namespace, and table.

Run the SQL

Replace every <placeholder> before running. Use unused names for the resources below. Run the statements in order in Workbench.

Check the result

The SELECT should return up to five rows from the chosen table. Use a nonempty table for this check. This verifies both metadata and table-file access; creating the registration alone does not verify either.

Clean up

This removes only the Unified registrations. It leaves the remote catalog and its tables in place.
Last modified on November 4, 2026