New Direct Access gateway version (1.7.8)

Direct Access gateway 1.7.8 introduces both new and enhanced features, and resolves several issues. For upgrade instructions and a list of resolved issues, see Upgrading the Direct Access gateway installation

Support for the updated Databricks OAuth authentication options

The Databricks connector was recently enhanced with two additional authentication mechanisms, which are now supported with Direct Access gateway:

• Databricks OAuth Service Principal

• Databricks OAuth User Account

Both these use the general OAuth 2.0 flow, which is supported by both Databricks-managed or Microsoft Entra ID-managed accounts.

To learn more, see Create a Databricks connection.

Overriding the default starting port set by process isolation

When process isolation is enabled, you can now override the default starting port (49152) that Direct Access gateway uses for inter-process communication with all isolated connector processes. This can be useful when the default port is in use by another process. To override the port, set the DATA_PORT_RANGE_START property to the desired port either by editing the configuration.properties file or via the Public API.