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Data Lake Formation:Access DLF catalog from EMR Serverless Spark

Last Updated:Jun 21, 2026

This topic explains how to access a DLF catalog from EMR Serverless Spark by using Paimon REST.

Limitations

This feature is available only in EMR Serverless Spark versions esr-4.3.0, esr-3.3.0, esr-2.7.0, and later.

Create a DLF catalog

For more information, see Get started with DLF .

Connect a DLF catalog to a workspace

You can connect a DLF catalog to a new or existing EMR Serverless Spark workspace.

Note

After you connect a DLF catalog to an EMR Serverless Spark workspace, Livy Gateway and Kyuubi Gateway natively support its default catalog.

New workspace

To create an EMR Serverless Spark workspace, see Create a workspace.

Important

When you create the workspace, enable DLF for Metadata Storage and select the DLF catalog you created.

Existing workspace

Go to the Catalog page of your EMR Serverless Spark workspace and add the DLF catalog you created. For more information, see Manage catalogs.

Related documentation

For more information on other EMR Serverless Spark operations, see the following topics: