Import data from Digital Ocean PostgreSQL
Zoho DataPrep supports importing data from Digital Ocean under the cloud database category. Digital Ocean is a cloud computing platform that provides developers and businesses with simple, affordable, and scalable infrastructure to host and manage their applications and databases.
This connector is currently available only in the US data center.
Before looking into how to import data, let's take a look at the pre-requisites to connect to the PostgreSQL database.
Prerequisites for PostgreSQL
Please ensure the following conditions are met before proceeding with connecting to your PostgreSQL.
1. Verify that the required IP addresses are whitelisted. Click here to know the IP addresses.
2. Provide database read permissions to the Zoho DataPrep server.
3. Ensure you have the correct login credentials for your database. As a best practice, try connecting to your target database from the Zoho DataPrep server, using the native database management software available for the respective database.
Enable remote connections
Follow the steps below to enable remote connections:
- Open the file pg_hba.conf found under the PostgreSQL_Home/data/folder. (<PostgreSQL_Home> refers to the directory where PostgreSQL database is installed.)
- Add the following line, and save the file.
host all all <IP address> trust
Replace <IP address> with the IP address of the Zoho DataPrep server. The IP address must be mentioned along with the subnet mask. For example: 192.168.1.1/24.
- Open the file postgresql.conf found under the same <PostgreSQL_Home>/data/ folder.
listen_address = '<IP address>'
Replace <IP address> with the IP address of the Zoho DataPrep server. For example: 192.168.1.1.
To import data from Digital Ocean PostgreSQL
1. Create a pipeline or open an existing pipeline from the Home Page, Pipelines tab or Workspaces tab and click the Add data option. You can also click the Import data option under the Workspaces tab to import data.
Info: You can also click the Import data 2. Choose the Cloud databases category from the left pane and click Digital Ocean. You can also search Digital Ocean in the search box.
Note: If you have already added a Digital Ocean connection, choose the required connection under the Saved connections category and proceed to import. To learn more about Saved connections, click here.
3. Select Digital Ocean in the Database service name dropdown and PostgreSQL in the database type.
4. Enter the End point, Database name, Connection name, Port, Username, and Password to authenticate the database connection.
Note: The Connection name must be unique for each connection.
5. You can also select the Use SSL checkbox if your database server has been setup to serve encrypted data through SSL.
6. Click the Connect button.
Note: The connection configuration will be saved for importing data in the future. Credentials are securely encrypted and stored.
7. Select the tables that need to be imported.
8. You can also Use SQL query option to select and import data.
9. Click Import to begin importing data from your Digital Ocean account.
To edit the Digital Ocean PostgreSQL connection
DataPrep saves your data connections to avoid the hassle of keying in the credentials every time you need to connect to a data source or destination. You can always edit the saved data connection and update them with new parameters or credentials using the Edit connection option.
Note: You can also edit the data source and connection details from the Pipeline builder page. Click here to learn more1. Choose Saved connections from the left pane from the Choose your data source box while creating a new dataset.
2. You can manage your saved data connections right from the data import screen. Click the ellipses icon to share, edit, view the connection overview, or remove the connection.
3. Click the Edit connection option to update the saved connection with new parameters or credentials.
Note: Adding Digital Ocean as destination and exporting data to Digital Ocean from DataPrep will be supported soon.
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