Introduction

As a data engineer, you may have recently learned about Apache Airflow , what it is, and how it orchestrates and automates data workflows. The next step is gaining hands-on experience by setting it up in your own environment.

This article provides a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring Apache Airflow, connecting it to PostgreSQL, and running your first DAG. By the end, you will have a fully functional Airflow environment ready for building and managing data pipelines.

We will be following the installation guide from the official airflow documentation: apache-airflow

Methodology

Prerequisites

A Linux environment (Eg.…