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title: Creating a Catalog linkTitle: Creating a Catalog type: docs weight: 300

The following Object Storage providers can be configured as storage backends for your Polaris catalog:

[S3 compatible object stores]({{< ref “s3.md” >}})
[Google Cloud Storage]({{< ref “catalog-gcs.md” >}})
[Azure Blob Storage]({{< ref “catalog-azure.md” >}})
Local file system (By default for testing only)

Catalogs may also be created from [migrating existing Iceberg catalogs]({{< ref “catalog-migration.md” >}}).

Create a catalog using polaris CLI

Check full list of options for the polaris catalogs create command [here]({{% ref “../../command-line-interface#create” %}})

Example

CLIENT_ID=root \
CLIENT_SECRET=s3cr3t \
DEFAULT_BASE_LOCATION=s3://example-bucket/my_data \
ROLE_ARN=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/ExampleCorpRole \
./polaris \
  --client-id ${CLIENT_ID} \
  --client-secret ${CLIENT_SECRET} \
  catalogs \
  create \
  --storage-type s3 \
  --default-base-location ${DEFAULT_BASE_LOCATION} \
  --role-arn ${ROLE_ARN} \
  my_catalog