Databricks Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Databricks CLI v2, Python SDK, and authentication. Covers Personal Access Tokens (legacy), OAuth U2M (interactive), and OAuth M2M (service principal for CI/CD). Databricks strongly recommends OAuth over PATs for production.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ with pip
• Databricks workspace URL (e.g., https://adb-1234567890123456.7.azuredatabricks.net)
• For PAT: User Settings > Developer > Access Tokens in workspace UI
• For OAuth M2M: Service principal with client ID and secret

Instructions

Step 1: Install Databricks CLI and Python SDK

set -euo pipefail

# Install CLI v2 (standalone binary — recommended)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/databricks/setup-cli/main/install.sh | sh