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MySQL

For context on getting started with ingestion, check out our metadata ingestion guide.

Setup

To install this plugin, run pip install 'acryl-datahub[mysql]'.

Capabilities

This plugin extracts the following:

  • Metadata for databases, schemas, and tables
  • Column types and schema associated with each table
  • Table, row, and column statistics via optional SQL profiling
Capability Status Details
Platform Instance ✔️ link

Quickstart recipe

Check out the following recipe to get started with ingestion! See below for full configuration options.

For general pointers on writing and running a recipe, see our main recipe guide.

source:
  type: mysql
  config:
    # Coordinates
    host_port: localhost:3306
    database: dbname

    # Credentials
    username: root
    password: example

sink:
  # sink configs

Config details

Like all SQL-based sources, the MySQL integration supports:

  • Stale Metadata Deletion: See here for more details on configuration.
  • SQL Profiling: See here for more details on configuration.

Note that a . is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.

Field Required Default Description
username MySQL username.
password MySQL password.
host_port "localhost:3306" MySQL host URL.
database MySQL database.
database_alias Alias to apply to database when ingesting.
env "PROD" Environment to use in namespace when constructing URNs.
platform_instance None The Platform instance to use while constructing URNs.
options.<option> Any options specified here will be passed to SQLAlchemy's create_engine as kwargs.
See https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#sqlalchemy.create_engine for details.
table_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for tables to include in ingestion.
table_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for tables to exclude from ingestion.
table_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
schema_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for schemas to include in ingestion.
schema_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for schemas to exclude from ingestion.
schema_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
view_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for views to include in ingestion.
view_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for views to exclude from ingestion.
view_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
include_tables True Whether tables should be ingested.
include_views True Whether views should be ingested.

Compatibility

Coming soon!

Questions

If you've got any questions on configuring this source, feel free to ping us on our Slack!