Connect to Amazon Aurora MySQL

Learn to create a connection to Amazon Aurora MySQL to use as an OCI GoldenGate source or target.

Create the connection

To create a Amazon Aurora MySQL 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 Amazon Aurora MySQL.
    5. For Database name, enter the Amazon Aurora MySQL database name.
    6. Enter the Amazon Aurora MySQL database host and port in the Host and Port fields.

      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 Amazon Aurora MySQL database username.

      Note:

      Add double quotes around the username if it contains an @ symbol ("myuser@myserver", for example).
    8. For Database user password enter the password for the Amazon Aurora MySQL database user.

      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 Security protocol, select from the following options:
      • Plain
      • TLS, and then select the SSL mode
      • MTLS, and then select the SSL mode
    10. For Network connectivity, select a Traffic routing method:
      • 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:

        Learn more about Oracle GoldenGate connectivity.
    11. 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.
      • Settings
        • Select Use vault secrets to use a password secret for your 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.