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MySQL

This destination plugin lets you sync data from a CloudQuery source to a MySQL database

Publisher

cloudquery

Repository

github.com

Latest version

v5.3.8

Type

Destination

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Overview Configuration Example Licenses

Overview #

MySQL destination plugin

This destination plugin lets you sync data from a CloudQuery source to a MySQL database.

Supported database versions are >= 8.0.

If you need support for older versions, please contact us

MariaDB is not fully supported. If MariaDB compatibility is needed please upvote the open GitHub issue

Configuration #

MySQL destination plugin configuration reference

Example Configuration #

kind: destination
spec:
  name: "mysql"
  path: "cloudquery/mysql"
  registry: "cloudquery"
  version: "v5.3.8"
  # Learn more about the configuration options at https://cql.ink/mysql_destination
  spec:
    connection_string: "user:password@/dbname"
    # Optional parameters:
    # batch_size: 1000 # 1K entries
    # batch_size_bytes: 4194304 # 4 MiB

Make sure you use environment variable expansion in production instead of committing the credentials to the configuration file directly.

The MySQL destination utilizes batching, and supports batch_size and batch_size_bytes.

MySQL spec #

This is the (nested) spec used by the MySQL destination plugin.

connection_string (string) (required)
Connection string to connect to the database. See the Go driver documentation for details.
- "user:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/dbname" connect with TCP
- "user:[email protected]:3306/dbname?charset=utf8mb4\u0026parseTime=True\u0026loc=Local" connect and set character set, time parsing, and location
- "user:password@localhost:3306/dbname?timeout=30s\u0026readTimeout=1s\u0026writeTimeout=1s" connect and set various timeouts
- "user:password@/dbname?loc=UTC\u0026allowNativePasswords=true\u0026tls=preferred" connect and set location and native password allowance, and prefer TLS
batch_size (integer) (optional) (default: 1000)
Maximum number of items that may be grouped together to be written in a single write.
batch_size_bytes (integer) (optional) (default: 4194304 (= 4 MiB))
Maximum size of items that may be grouped together to be written in a single write.

Example #

MySQL destination plugin example

In this article we will show you a simple example of configuring MySQL destination plugin.

Prerequisites #

Docker installed and running

Start MySQL locally #

docker run -p 3306:3306 --name mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=test -e MYSQL_DATABASE=cloudquery -d mysql:latest

For brevity we only set the MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD and MYSQL_DATABASE environment variables. You should create dedicated and secure credentials for production use. For the docker image documentation see here. Also, if you're running on Apple silicon based Macs you might need to add the --platform linux/amd64 flag to the above command.

Configure MySQL destination plugin #

Once you've completed the steps from previous sections you should be able to connect to the local cloudquery MySQL database via the following connection string:

root:password@/cloudquery

The (top level) spec section is described in the Destination Spec Reference. The full configuration for the MySQL destination plugin should look like this:

kind: destination
spec:
  name: "mysql"
  path: "cloudquery/mysql"
  registry: "cloudquery"
  version: "v5.3.8"

  spec:
    connection_string: "root:password@/cloudquery"