Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Connect to MySQL Database Server

Learn to create a connection to MySQL Database Server to use as a source or target in an OCI GoldenGate data replication or OCI GoldenGate Stream Analytics source.

Before you begin

Create the connection

To create a MySQL Database Server connection:

  1. From the OCI GoldenGate Overview page, click Connections.
    You can also click Create Connection under the Get started section and skip to step 3.
  2. On the Connections page, click Create Connection.
  3. On the Create Connection page, complete the fields as follows:
    1. For Name, enter a name for the connection.
    2. (Optional) For Description, enter a description that helps you distinguish this connection from others.
    3. For Compartment, select the compartment in which to create the connection.
    4. From the Type dropdown, select MySQL Database Server.
    5. For Database name, enter the database name.
    6. Enter the database Host and Port number.
      Note

      If you enter a private IP, then OCI GoldenGate rewrites the private IP in the format, ip-10-0-0-0.ociggsvc.oracle.vcn.com.
    7. For Database username, enter the username for the database.
      Note

      Add double quotes around the username if it contains an @ symbol ("myuser@myserver", for example).
    8. Select the Database user password secret. If located in a different compartment, use the dropdown to change compartments.
      Note

      To use password secrets, ensure that you select Use secrets in vault in the Settings tab under Advanced Options, located at the bottom of this form.
    9. For SSL details, select a Security protocol and SSL mode:
      • Plain
      • TLS, and then select the SSL mode
      • MTLS, and then select the SSL mode
    10. Expand Show advanced options. You can configure the following options:
      • Security
        • Select Use Oracle-managed encryption key to leave all encryption key management to Oracle.
        • Select Use customer-managed encryption key to select a specific encryption key stored in your OCI Vault to encrypt your connection credentials.
      • Network connectivity
        • Shared endpoint, to share an endpoint with the assigned deployment. You must allow connectivity from the deployment's ingress IP.
        • Dedicated endpoint, for network traffic through a dedicated endpoint in the assigned subnet in your VCN. You must allow connectivity from this connection's ingress IPs.
          Note

          • If a dedicated connection remains unassigned for seven days, then the service converts it to a shared connection.
          • Learn more about Oracle GoldenGate connectivity.
      • Settings
        • Deselect Use vault secrets you prefer not to use password secrets for this connection.
      • Connection attributes: Add optional attributes to the connection.
      • Tags: Add tags to organize your resources.
  4. Click Create.
After the connection is created, it appears in the Connections list. Ensure that you assign the connection to a deployment to use it as a source or target in a replication.