Airflow 101: Building Your First Workflow ¶ Welcome to world of Apache Airflow ! In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the essential concepts of Airflow , helping you understand how to write your first Dag. Whether you’re familiar with Python or just starting out, we’ll make the journey enjoyable and straightforward. What is a Dag? ¶ At its core, a Dag is a collection of tasks organized in a way that reflects their relationships and dependencies. It’s like a roadmap for your ... Tutorials ¶ Once you have Airflow up and running with the Quick Start, these tutorials are a great way to get a sense for how Airflow works. Apache Airflow ® allows you to define almost any workflow in Python code, no matter how complex. Because of its versatility, Airflow is used by companies all over the world for a variety of use cases . This section presents the four most common use cases for Airflow , but the possibilities are endless. Set Airflow Home (optional): Airflow requires a home directory, and uses ~/ airflow by default, but you can set a different location if you prefer. The AIRFLOW _HOME environment variable is used to inform Airflow of the desired location.
