How to import data from Rackspace Cloud MySQL into Zoho DataPrep?

Import data from Rackspace Cloud MySQL



Zoho DataPrep allows you to import data from Rackspace Cloud MySQL, a standalone, API-based relational database service built on OpenStack® cloud that allows Rackspace customers to easily provision and manage multiple MySQL database instances.

Prerequisites for MySQL

Please ensure the following conditions are met before proceeding with connecting to your MySQL.

1. Provide database read permissions to the Zoho DataPrep server.

2. 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 

Login to your MySQL database as a root user. Navigate to the <MySql_Home>\bin folder in terminal/command prompt, and run the following command.

mysql -u root -p

  • Enter your MySQL root password. 
  • Run the following command to enable GRANT access.

mysql> GRANT ALL ON <Database Name>.* TO <Username>@<IP address> IDENTIFIED BY <Password>;

Note:

  • <IP address> must be replaced with the IP address of the Zoho DataPrep server.
  • <Database Name> must be replaced with the name of the database with which you are trying to establish a connection.
  • <Username> must be replaced with the database user name.
  • <Password> must be replaced with the corresponding password.

To import data from Rackspace Cloud MySQL  

 

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.  


InfoInfo: You can also click the Import data  icon at the top of the pipeline builder and bring data from multiple sources into the pipeline.


2. Choose the Cloud databases category from the left pane and click Rackspace Cloud. You can also search Rackspace Cloud in the search box.

 




Notes
Note: If you had already added a Rackspace Cloud MySQL connection, choose the required connection under the Saved connections category and proceed to import. To learn more about Saved connections, click here.

3. Select Rackspace Cloud in the Database service name dropdown and MySQL in the database type.

 

4. Enter the Endpoint, Port, Database name, username, and password to authenticate the database connection.

 

5. Enter a unique name for your connection under Connection name.

 

6. You can also select the Use SSL checkbox if your database server has been setup to serve encrypted data through SSL.

 

7. Click the Connect button.

Notes

Note: The connection configuration will be saved for importing data in the future. Credentials are securely encrypted and stored.


8. Select the tables that need to be imported.

 

 

9. You can also Use SQL query option to select and import data.

Warning
The incremental fetch option is not available when the data is imported using a query from databases. Click here to know more about incremental fetch from cloud database.

 

10. Click Import to begin importing data from your account.


11. Once you complete importing data, the Pipeline builder page opens and you can start applying transforms. You can also right-click the stage and choose the Prepare data option to prepare your data using various transforms in the DataPrep Studio page. Click here to know more about the transforms. 



12. Once you are done creating your data flow and applying necessary transforms in your stages, you can right-click a stage and add a destination to complete your data flow.
Notes
Note:  After adding a destination to the pipeline, you can try executing your pipeline using a manual run at first. Once you make sure manual run works, you can then set up schedule to automate the pipeline. Learn about the different types of runs here.
While configuring the Schedule, Backfill, Manual reload, Webhooks, or Zoho Flow, the import configuration needs to be mandatorily setup for all the sources. Without setting up the import configuration, the run cannot be saved. Click here to know more about how to set up import configuration.

13. After configuring a run, a pipeline job will be created at the run time. You can view the status of a job with the granular details in the Job summary. Click here to know more about the job summary.

To edit the Rackspace Cloud MySQL 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.

 

1. 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 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. You can update all the parameters and credentials in the saved connection and click Update.

 

See Also

How to export data to Rackspace Cloud MySQL?

Learn about importing data using saved data connections.

Importing data from cloud storage services.

Learn about schedule.

Import data from local databases.