Superset is an open-source data exploration and visualization platform. It allows you to create interactive dashboards with SQL queries, charts, and graphs. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Superset on macOS.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your macOS:
Once you have all the prerequisites, you can start with the installation process of Superset by following these steps:
Open the terminal on your macOS and run the following command:
brew install libxml2 libxslt
Next, we will create a virtual environment to install Superset. To create a virtual environment, run the following command in the terminal:
virtualenv venv
Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
source venv/bin/activate
To install Superset, run the following command:
pip install superset
Once you have installed Superset, initialize the database by running the following command:
superset db upgrade
Create an admin user by running the following command:
export FLASK_APP=superset
flask fab create-admin
Enter the required details to create an admin user.
Finally, load some data into Superset by running the following command:
superset load_examples
That's it! You have successfully installed Superset on your macOS. To start Superset, activate the virtual environment (Step 3), and run the following command:
superset runserver
This will start the Superset server, and you can access it through your web browser.
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