apache-airflow-providers-samba

What it is and what it does

This is an Apache Airflow provider package that bridges Airflow workflows to Samba/SMB file shares. It packages integration logic for the airflow.providers.samba namespace, allowing Airflow DAGs to interact with SMB-compatible network storage. The package requires an existing Airflow installation (>=2.11.0) and depends on smbprotocol for the underlying SMB protocol implementation, plus apache-airflow-providers-common-compat.

The provider is production-stable, actively maintained by the Apache Airflow project, and supports Python versions 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14. It integrates with Airflow's standard operator and hook patterns, making it suitable for data pipelines that need to interact with corporate file servers or network-attached storage exposed via SMB.

Use it for:

• Extract files from SMB shares as part of an Airflow data ingestion pipeline
• Write processed data to SMB shares for consumption by other systems or users
• Monitor Samba shares for new files and trigger downstream Airflow tasks
• Orchestrate file operations on network shares within a DAG

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Integrates Samba file-sharing protocol with Apache Airflow, enabling workflows to connect to and interact with SMB/CIFS network shares.

Yes, if you run Apache Airflow and need to integrate with Samba/SMB file shares. Low install friction, permissive Apache-2.0 license, no known vulnerabilities, and active maintenance make it a safe choice. Requires apache-airflow >=2.11.0 and Python >=3.10; verify your Airflow version meets the minimum before installing.

Install

apache-airflow-providers-samba on PyPI

pip install apache-airflow-providers-samba

uv add apache-airflow-providers-samba

poetry add apache-airflow-providers-samba

Installing apache-airflow-providers-samba

Before you install

Low install friction; pure Python wheel. Actively maintained with recent release 68 days old. Requires apache-airflow >=2.11.0 and smbprotocol >=1.5.0 as runtime dependencies.

License in practice

Apache-2.0 (permissive); no restrictions on commercial or private use. Safe for most deployment contexts.

Quickstart

pip install apache-airflow-providers-samba

from airflow.providers.samba.operators import SambaOperator
from airflow import DAG

with DAG('samba_dag') as dag:
    task = SambaOperator(task_id='samba_task')

Requires apache-airflow >=2.11.0 and Python >=3.10

Verify before relying

• What specific Airflow operators or hooks this provider exposes for Samba tasks
• Whether it supports authentication methods beyond basic SMB credentials
• Performance characteristics when handling large file transfers over SMB

Package facts

Evidence: apache_airflow_providers_samba-4.12.6-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: airflow-provider, samba, airflow, integration

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