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How to Connect to Snowflake

Connecting to your Snowflake instance is straightforward. Select Snowflake from the connection type dropdown, fill in your connection details, and click Connect.

Snowflake Connection Details

To connect to a Snowflake instance, you'll need the following information:

  • Account ID: Your account identifier. This can be found in Snowflake under the "Connect a tool to Snowflake" option. It is formatted as -
  • Username: Your Snowflake Database username
  • Password: Your Snowflake Database password
  • Default Database: The Database you want to connect to be default
  • Default Warehouse: The Warehouse you want to use by default

MFA Authentication

Beekeeper supports connecting to Snowflake with Multi-Factor Authentication, both with Duo SEcurity and with an Authenticator app. All you need to do is select the desired method in the Authentication Method dropdown.

If you select "Multi-Factor Authentication with Code", Beekeeper will prompt you for the Authenticator passcode before connecting.

If you select "Multi-Factor Authentication with Duo", you will receive a notification from Duo on your device to authenticate when you attempt to connect.

Authentication Token Caching

The Snowflake driver can cache Authentication Tokens locally for a limited amount of time to reduce the number of prompts required for authentication. This requires your Account to allow client token caching:

Caching For MFA

Run this query:

ALTER ACCOUNT SET ALLOW_CLIENT_MFA_CACHING = TRUE;

Caching For SSO

Run this query:

ALTER ACCOUNT SET ALLOW_ID_TOKEN = TRUE;