Technical Documentation : Connectors : Externalizing Embedded Connectors
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Externalizing Embedded Connectors
Introduction
Previously, the Scanner embedded some of our Connectors whereas others were provided as plugins you needed to deploy separately.
Since we've decided to simplify and standardize the way the Scanner manages all its Connectors, they all became plugins starting from Scanner version 54.
The following list of the previously embedded connectors will help you identify those you will need to migrate if you decide to install a version of the Scanner greater or equal to 54. See Migration Procedure.
Previously embedded Connectors were:
Connector
Plugin
IBM DB2
JDBC
Oracle RDBMS
JDBC
MySQL
JDBC
MariaDB
JDBC
Teradata
JDBC
Postgres SQL
JDBC
Sybase IQ
Sybase IQ
Netezza
JDBC
Snowflake
JDBC
Greenplum
JDBC
Apache HDFS
HDFS
Apache Hive
Hive
Microsoft SqlServer
JDBC
Microsoft Azure ADLS Gen 1
ADLS
Microsoft Azure ADLS Gen 2
ADLS
Microsoft PowerBI Report Server
PowerBI Report
Amazon S3
AWS S3
Amazon AWS Redshift
JDBC
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Storage
Google BigQuery Organization
Google Cloud BigQuery
Google BigQuery
Google Cloud BigQuery
Local Filesystem
Local Filesystem
Note: A Plugin can contain several Connectors.
Migration Procedure
If you decide to upgrade your Scanner from a version strictly prior to 54 to a version newer (or equal) to 54, you have to follow this procedure.
Upgrading the Scanner by itself remains unchanged. You only have to add these steps to the regular procedure:
  1. For each Connector from the list right above having at least one existing Connection configured in your environment, visit their documentation article and download from there the connector Zip file.
  2. Copy this file, without uncompressing it, to the ./plugins folder.
  3. Start your Scanner and observe its log file. You should see the Connector being taken into account, then the Connections being configured.
Note: You'll only need to migrate your Connectors once. Future Scanner upgrades won't require you to follow these steps.
Last modified date: 11/28/2025