Q: How to Connect Airflow to oracle database I am trying to create a connection to an oracle db instance (oracle:thin) using Airflow.
According to their documentation I entered my hostname followed by port number and SID:
Host: example.com:1524/sid
filled other fields as:
Conn Type: Oracle
Schema: username ( documentation says: use your username for schema )
Login: username
Password: * * *

After connection is setup, it gives the save error code for every query that I tried to execute (ORA-12514).
It seems like oracle doesn't let airflow to connect:
ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor

Has someone experienced the same problem before. I mean connecting to a database shouldn't be a problem for a big platform like this. Or I am probably doing something wrong. Thanks
Version: Airflow v1.7.0,  Oracle11g
EDIT:
I am using the same hostname which I use in Oracle SQLDeveloper client:


A: You have a problem in your connection settings, either your setting is not loading  properly to the oracle hook or you are missing a python package that save/load your connection settings. You can test it by hard coding your credentials.
https://github.com/airbnb/airflow/blob/master/airflow/hooks/oracle_hook.py 
conn = self.get_connection(self.oracle_conn_id)
dsn = conn.extra_dejson.get('dsn', None)
sid = conn.extra_dejson.get('sid', None)
service_name = conn.extra_dejson.get('service_name', None)
if dsn and sid and not service_name:
    dsn = cx_Oracle.makedsn(dsn, conn.port, sid)
    conn = cx_Oracle.connect(conn.login, conn.password, dsn=dsn)
elif dsn and service_name and not sid:
    dsn = cx_Oracle.makedsn(dsn, conn.port, service_name=service_name)
    conn = cx_Oracle.connect(conn.login, conn.password, dsn=dsn)
else:
    conn = cx_Oracle.connect(conn.login, conn.password, conn.host)


A: for service name usage, if you leave (port, schema and extra) empty, you can put the full oracle connection descriptor under Host:
(DESCRIPTION =(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = mysidname)))

A: this worked for me in extra field
{ "dsn":"192.168.x.x" , "service_name":"some.service.name" }

I get from https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/master/airflow/hooks/oracle_hook.py#L49

A: If anyone just does not see the connection in the Ad hoc query dropdown - you need to install the adapter: pip install cx_Oracle on the airflow server.

A: After digging into the source code, this is what finally how it worked for me:
Conn Type: Oracle
Host: example.com
schema: username
login: username
port: port number
extra: {"sid": "my sid", "dsn": "example.com"}
