Databricks Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy Databricks jobs and pipelines using Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs). Asset Bundles provide infrastructure-as-code for deploying jobs, notebooks, DLT pipelines, and ML models across workspaces with proper environment isolation and CI/CD integration.

Prerequisites

• Databricks CLI v0.200+ installed (databricks command)
• Workspace access with appropriate permissions
• Service principal for automated deployments
• databricks.yml bundle configuration

Instructions

Step 1: Initialize Asset Bundle

# Create new bundle from template
databricks bundle init

# Or manually create databricks.yml

# databricks.yml
bundle:
  name: etl-pipeline

workspace:
  host: https://myworkspace.cloud.databricks.com

resources:
  jobs:
    daily_etl:
      name: daily-etl-${bundle.environment}
      schedule:
        quartz_cron_expression: "0 0 6 * * ?"
        timezone_id: "America/New_York"
      tasks:
        - task_key: extract
          notebook_task:
            notebook_path: ./src/extract.py
          new_cluster:
            spark_version: "14.3.x-scala2.12"
            node_type_id: "i3.xlarge"
            num_workers: 2
        - task_key: transform
          depends_on:
            - task_key: extract
          notebook_task:
            notebook_path: ./src/transform.py

environments:
  development:
    default: true
    workspace:
      host: https://dev.cloud.databricks.com
  staging:
    workspace:
      host: https://staging.cloud.databricks.com
  production:
    workspace:
      host: https://prod.cloud.databricks.com

Step 2: Deploy to Environment

# Validate bundle configuration
databricks bundle validate -e production

# Deploy resources (create/update jobs, notebooks)
databricks bundle deploy -e staging

# Run a specific job
databricks bundle run daily_etl -e staging

# Destroy resources in an environment
databricks bundle destroy -e development

Step 3: CI/CD Pipeline

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Deploy Databricks Bundle
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  deploy-staging:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: staging
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: databricks/setup-cli@main
      - run: databricks bundle validate -e staging
        env:
          DATABRICKS_HOST: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_HOST }}
          DATABRICKS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_TOKEN }}
      - run: databricks bundle deploy -e staging
        env:
          DATABRICKS_HOST: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_HOST }}
          DATABRICKS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_TOKEN }}

  deploy-production:
    needs: deploy-staging
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: databricks/setup-cli@main
      - run: databricks bundle deploy -e production
        env:
          DATABRICKS_HOST: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_PROD_HOST }}
          DATABRICKS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_PROD_TOKEN }}

Step 4: Verify Deployment

# List deployed jobs
databricks jobs list --output json | jq '.[] | select(.settings.name | contains("etl"))'

# Check recent runs
databricks runs list --job-id $JOB_ID --limit 5

# Get run output
databricks runs get-output --run-id $RUN_ID

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Bundle validation fails	Invalid YAML	Run databricks bundle validate locally
Permission denied	Missing workspace access	Check service principal permissions
Cluster start fails	Quota exceeded	Request quota increase or use smaller nodes
Job timeout	Long-running task	Set timeout_seconds in job config

Examples

Basic usage: Apply databricks deploy integration to a standard project setup with default configuration options.

Advanced scenario: Customize databricks deploy integration for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.

Resources

• Databricks Asset Bundles
• Databricks CLI
• CI/CD with Bundles

Next Steps

For multi-environment setup, see databricks-multi-env-setup.

Output

• Configuration files or code changes applied to the project
• Validation report confirming correct implementation
• Summary of changes made and their rationale