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  • Required paid resources
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  • Prepare the source cluster
  • Set up and activate the transfer
  • Test your transfer
  • Delete the resources you created
  1. Tutorials
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  3. MySQL® to Object Storage

Loading data from MySQL® to Yandex Object Storage

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 26, 2025
  • Required paid resources
  • Getting started
  • Prepare the source cluster
  • Set up and activate the transfer
  • Test your transfer
  • Delete the resources you created

With Data Transfer, you can transfer data from a Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster to Yandex Object Storage object storage.

To transfer data:

  1. Prepare the source cluster.
  2. Set up and activate the transfer.
  3. Test your transfer.

If you no longer need the resources you created, delete them.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

  • Managed Service for MySQL® cluster: computing resources allocated to hosts, size of storage and backups (see Managed Service for MySQL® pricing).
  • Public IP addresses if public access is enabled for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).
  • Object Storage bucket: use of storage, data operations (see Object Storage pricing).
  • Each transfer: use of computing resources and number of transferred data rows (see Data Transfer pricing).

Getting startedGetting started

Set up the infrastructure:

Manually
Terraform
  1. Create a Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster with your preferred configuration.
  2. Create a bucket in Yandex Object Storage.
  1. If you do not have Terraform yet, install it.

  2. Get the authentication credentials. You can add them to environment variables or specify them later in the provider configuration file.

  3. Configure and initialize a provider. There is no need to create a provider configuration file manually, you can download it.

  4. Place the configuration file in a separate working directory and specify the parameter values. If you did not add the authentication credentials to environment variables, specify them in the configuration file.

  5. Download the data-transfer-mmy-objs.tf configuration file to the same working directory.

    This file describes:

    • Network.
    • Subnet.
    • Security group and the rule permitting access to the Managed Service for MySQL® cluster.
    • Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster.
    • Service account with the editor, storage.editor, and storage.uploader roles.
    • Object Storage bucket.
    • Source endpoint.
    • Transfer.
  6. In the data-transfer-mmy-objs.tf file, specify the following:

    • folder_id: ID of the folder for the new resources.

    • sa_name: Name of the service account for creating a bucket and for use in the target endpoint.

    • bucket_name: Object Storage bucket name.

    • The Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster parameters that will be used as the source endpoint parameters:

      • source_mysql_version: MySQL® version.
      • source_db_name: Database name.
      • source_user and source_password: Database owner username and password.
    • transfer_enabled: Set 0 to ensure that no transfer is created before creating a target endpoint manually.

  7. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:

    terraform validate
    

    Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  8. Create the required infrastructure:

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

    All the required resources will be created in the specified folder. You can check resource availability and their settings in the management console.

Prepare the source clusterPrepare the source cluster

  1. If you created the infrastructure manually, you must now prepare your source cluster.

  2. Connect to the Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster.

  3. Add test data to the database. As an example, we'll use a table with information transmitted by car sensors.

    Create a table:

    CREATE TABLE measurements (
        device_id varchar(200) NOT NULL,
        datetime timestamp NOT NULL,
        latitude real NOT NULL,
        longitude real NOT NULL,
        altitude real NOT NULL,
        speed real NOT NULL,
        battery_voltage real,
        cabin_temperature real NOT NULL,
        fuel_level real,
        PRIMARY KEY (device_id)
    );
    

    Populate the table with data:

    INSERT INTO measurements VALUES
        ('iv9a94th6rzt********', '2022-06-05 17:27:00', 55.70329032, 37.65472196,  427.5,    0, 23.5, 17, NULL),
        ('rhibbh3y08qm********', '2022-06-06 09:49:54', 55.71294467, 37.66542005, 429.13, 55.5, NULL, 18, 32);
    

Set up and activate the transferSet up and activate the transfer

  1. Create a target endpoint:

    • Database type: Object Storage.

    • Endpoint settings:

      • Connection settings:

        • Bucket: Enter the name of the Object Storage bucket.

        • Service account: Select or create a new service account with the storage.uploader role.

      • Folder name: measurements.

  2. Create a source endpoint and transfer:

    Manually
    Terraform
    1. Create a source endpoint:

      • Database type: MySQL.

      • Endpoint parameters:

        • Connection settings:

          • Connection type: Managed Service for MySQL cluster.

            Select your source cluster from the list and specify its connection settings.

        • (Optional) Included tables, Excluded tables: Specify regular expressions for tables both subject and not subject to transfer.

    2. Create a transfer of the Snapshot type that will use the new endpoints.

    3. Activate the transfer.

    1. In the data-transfer-mmy-objs.tf file, specify these variables:

      • target_endpoint_id: ID of the target endpoint.
      • transfer_enabled: Set to 1 to create a transfer.
      • (Optional) include_tables_regex, exclude_tables_regex: Regular expressions for tables both subject and not subject to transfer.
    2. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

    3. Create the required infrastructure:

      1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

        terraform plan
        

        If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

      2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

        1. Run this command:

          terraform apply
          
        2. Confirm updating the resources.

        3. Wait for the operation to complete.

      The transfer will activate automatically upon creation.

Test your transferTest your transfer

  1. Wait for the transfer status to change to Completed.

  2. Make sure the data has been moved from the Managed Service for MySQL® source cluster to the Object Storage bucket:

    1. In the management console, select the folder containing your bucket.
    2. In the list of services, select Object Storage.
    3. Select the bucket from the list.
    4. Navigate to the Objects tab.
    5. Make sure that the Object Storage bucket contains the measurements directory with the <source_cluster_database_name>_measurements object with test data.

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

Note

Before deleting the resources, deactivate the transfer.

Some resources are not free of charge. To avoid paying for them, delete the resources you no longer need:

  1. Delete the transfer.
  2. Delete the target endpoint.

Delete the other resources depending on how you created them:

Manually
Terraform
  1. Delete the source endpoint.

  2. Delete the Object Storage bucket.

  3. Delete the Managed Service for MySQL® cluster.

  4. If you have created a service account when creating the target endpoint, delete it.

  1. In the terminal window, go to the directory containing the infrastructure plan.

    Warning

    Make sure the directory has no Terraform manifests with the resources you want to keep. Terraform deletes all resources that were created using the manifests in the current directory.

  2. Delete resources:

    1. Run this command:

      terraform destroy
      
    2. Confirm deleting the resources and wait for the operation to complete.

    All the resources described in the Terraform manifests will be deleted.

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