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# MySQL

You can use the MySQL connector from the CData Sync application to move data
from any supported source to the MySQL destination. To do so, you need to add
the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

## Add the MySQL Connector

To enable Sync to use data from MySQL, you first must add the
connector, as follows:

<ol>
  <li>Open the **Connections** page of the Sync dashboard.</li>
  <li>Click **Add Connection** to open the **Select Connectors** page.</li>
  <li>Click the **Destinations** tab and locate
  the **MySQL** row.</li>

  <li>
    Click the **Configure Connection** icon at the end of that row to open
    the **New Connection** page. This action opens the
    **Add Connection** dialog.

    **Note:** If the **Configure Connection** icon is not
    available, click the **Download Connector** icon to install
    the MySQL connector.
  </li>

  <li>Enter a name for your connection in the **Add Connection** dialog.</li>
  <li>Click **Add** to open the **Settings** tab for your connector.</li>
</ol>

For more information about installing new connectors, see
[Connections](https://docs.sync.cdata.com/26.4/en/connections/connections.md).

## Authenticate to MySQL

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

* **Server:** Enter the host name or IP address of the server that hosts the MySQL database. To connect to the database from the same machine, enter **localhost** as the value for **Server.**
* **Port:** Enter the port number of the server that hosts the MySQL database. The default port value is **3306**.

CData Sync supports authenticating to MySQL in several ways. Select your authentication method below to proceed to the relevant section that contains the authentication details.

* [**Password**](#password) (default)
* [**NTLM**](#ntlm)
* [**Azure Active Directory**](#azure-active-directory)
* [**Azure Password**](#azure-password)
* [**Azure Managed Service Identity**](#azure-managed-service-identity)
* [**Aws IAM Roles**](#aws-iam-roles)
* [**Aws EC2 Roles**](#aws-ec2-roles)
* [**LDAP**](#ldap)

### Password

To connect with your user credentials, set the following properties:

<ul><li>**Auth Scheme:** Select **Password**.</li>
<li>**User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.</li>
<li>**Password:** Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.</li></ul>

### NTLM

To connect with your NTLM user credentials, specify the following properties:

* **Auth Scheme:** Select **NTLM**.
* **User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.
* **Password:** Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.
* (Optional) **Domain:** Enter the domain name for a Microsoft Windows (NTLM) security login.
* (Optional) **NTLM Version:** Select your NTLM version. The default version is **1**.

### Azure Active Directory

To connect with your Azure Active Directory credentials, specify the following properties:

* **Auth Scheme:** Select **AzureAD**.
* **User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.
* **Azure Tenant:** Enter the Microsoft Online tenant to which you want to connect. If you do not specify a tenant, CData Sync uses the default tenant.
* **OAuth Client Id:** Enter the client Id that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.
* **OAuth Client Secret:** Enter the client secret that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.

### AzurePassword

To connect with an Azure password, specify these settings:

<ul><li>**Auth Scheme:** Select **AzurePassword**.</li>
<li>**User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to Azure.</li>
<li>**Password:** Enter the password that you use to authenticate to Azure.</li>
<li>**Azure Tenant:** Enter the Id of the Azure Tenant under which your OAuth and client applications were created. This Id is available under **Directory (tenant) ID** on the **Overview** page of one of the applications.</li></ul>

### Azure Managed Service Identity

To connect with your Azure Managed Service Identity credentials, specify the following properties:

* **Auth Scheme:** Select **AzureMSI**.
* **Azure Tenant:** Enter the Microsoft Online tenant to which you want to connect. If you do not specify a tenant, CData Sync uses the default tenant.username that you use to connect to your MySQL account.

### AWS IAM Roles

To connect with your IAM user credentials, specify the following properties:

* **Auth Scheme:** Select **AwsIAMRoles**.
* **User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.
* **AWS Access Key:** Enter your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account access key. This value is available on you AWS security-credentials page.
* **AWS Secret:** Enter your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account secret. This value is available on you AWS security-credentials page.
* **AWS Role Arn:** Enter the Amazon Resource Name of the role that you want to use when you authenticate.

### AWS EC2 Roles

When you run CData Sync on an EC2 instance, CData Sync can authenticate by using the IAM role that is assigned to the instance. Select **AwsEC2Roles** for **Auth Scheme** to use that role. No additional properties are required.

### LDAP

To connect with your LDAP credentials, specify the following properties:

* **Auth Scheme:** Select **LDAP**.
* **User:** Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.
* **Password:** Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your MySQL account.

## Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

1. Specify the following properties:
   * (Optional) **Database:** Enter the default database to which you want to connect when you connect to the MySQL server.
   * **Use SSL:** Select whether you want to enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). By default, the **Enable** checkbox is not selected.
2. Define advanced connection settings on the **Advanced** tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)
3. If you authenticate with AzureAD, AzureMSI, or AzurePassword, click **Connect to MySQL** to connect to your MySQL account.
4. Click **Create & Test** to create your connection.

## More Information

For more information about interactions between CData Sync and MySQL, see
[MySQL Connector for CData Sync](https://cdn.cdata.com/help/DMN/synch/default.htm).


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