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Migrating data from Yandex Object Storage to Yandex Managed Service for MySQL®

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Updated at January 15, 2026
  • Required paid resources
  • Getting started
  • Prepare your test data
  • Set up and activate the transfer
  • Test the transfer
  • Delete the resources you created

Note

The functionality for loading data from Object Storage in Data Transfer is at the Preview stage. To get access, contact support or your account manager.

Data Transfer enables you to transfer data from Object Storage to a Managed Service for MySQL® target cluster.

To transfer data:

  1. Prepare your test data.
  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

  • Object Storage bucket: Use of storage, data operations (see Object Storage pricing).
  • Managed Service for MySQL® cluster: Computing resources allocated to hosts, storage and backup size (see Managed Service for MySQL® pricing).
  • Public IP addresses if public access is enabled for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).

Getting startedGetting started

Set up the infrastructure:

Manually
Terraform
  1. Create an Yandex Object Storage bucket.

  2. Create a service account storage-viewer with the storage.viewer role. The transfer will use it to access the bucket.

  3. Create a static access key for the storage-viewer service account.

  4. Create a Managed Service for MySQL® target cluster of any suitable configuration with the following settings:

    • DB name: db1
    • Username: mmy-user
    • Password: <user_password>
  5. Assign the ALL_PRIVILEGES role for the target database to the MySQL® user.

  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-objs-mmy.tf configuration file to the same working directory.

    This file describes:

    • Network.
    • Subnet.
    • Security group and the rule required to connect to a Managed Service for MySQL® cluster.
    • Service account to use for creating and accessing the bucket.
    • Yandex Lockbox secret for the service account static key required to configure the source endpoint.
    • Source Object Storage bucket.
    • Target Managed Service for MySQL® cluster.
    • Target endpoint.
    • Transfer.
  6. In the data-transfer-objs-mmy.tf file, specify the following:

    • folder_id: ID of the folder for the new resources.
    • bucket_name: Bucket name consistent with the naming conventions.
    • mmy_password: MySQL® user password.
  7. Validate your Terraform configuration files using this command:

    terraform validate
    

    Terraform will display any configuration errors detected in your 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 your test dataPrepare your test data

  1. On your local machine, create a data.csv text file and fill it with test data. In our example, we will use readings from car sensors:

    1;99101;2022-06-05 17:27:00;55.70329032;37.65472196;427.5;52.3;23.5;17.;52.
    2;95106;2022-06-06 09:49:54;55.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;55.5;21.;18.;32.
    3;117890;2023-06-07 06:21:29;55.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;56.2;20.;18.7;45.
    4;99101;2022-06-07 08:15:32;55.29194467;37.66542005;429.13;59.1;21.;18.;20.
    
  2. Upload the file to the Object Storage bucket you created earlier.

Set up and activate the transferSet up and activate the transfer

  1. Create a source endpoint with the following settings:

    • Database type: Object Storage.

    • Bucket: Object Storage bucket name.

    • Access Key ID: Public part of the service account static key. If you created your infrastructure using Terraform, copy the key value from the Yandex Lockbox secret.

    • Secret Access Key: Private part of the service account’s static key. If you created your infrastructure using Terraform, copy the key value from the Yandex Lockbox secret.

    • Endpoint: https://storage.yandexcloud.net.

    • Region: ru-central1.

    • Data format: CSV.

    • Delimiter: Semicolon (;).

    • Table: measurements.

    • Add system columns: Disable this option.

    • Result table schema: Select Manual and specify the following field names and data types:

      • id: INT64, Key property

      • device_id: INT32

      • datetime: DATETIME

        Note

        The target endpoint writes DATETIME type data in the UTC+0 time zone.

      • latitude: DOUBLE

      • longitude: DOUBLE

      • altitude: DOUBLE

      • speed: DOUBLE

      • battery_voltage: DOUBLE

      • cabin_temperature: DOUBLE

      • fuel_level: DOUBLE

    Keep the default values for all other settings.

  2. Create a target endpoint and transfer:

    Manually
    Terraform
    1. Create a target 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.

    2. Create a Snapshot and replication-type transfer configured to use the new endpoints.

    3. Activate the transfer.

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

      • source_endpoint_id: ID of the source endpoint.
      • transfer_enabled: 1 to create a transfer.
    2. Validate your Terraform configuration files using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will display any configuration errors detected in your files.

    3. Create the required infrastructure for the transfer:

      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.

      Once created, your transfer will be activated automatically.

Test the transferTest the transfer

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

  2. Connect to the Managed Service for MySQL® target cluster database.

  3. To make sure the data was successfully transferred, run this query:

    SELECT * FROM db1.measurements;
    
    Response example
     id | device_id |     datetime        |  latitude | longitude | altitude | speed | battery_voltage | cabin_temperature | fuel_level
    ----------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------+----------+-------+-----------------+-------------------+----------+
      1 |     99101 | 2022-06-05T17:27:00 | 55.703289 |  37.66542 |   427.50 | 52.29 |            23.5 |              17.0 |     52.0 |
      2 |     95106 | 2022-06-06T09:49:54 | 55.712944 |  37.66542 |   429.13 | 55.50 |            21.0 |              18.0 |     32.0 |
      3 |    117890 | 2023-06-07T06:21:29 | 55.712944 |  37.66542 |   429.13 | 56.20 |            20.0 |              18.7 |     45.0 |
      4 |     99101 | 2022-06-05 17:27:00 | 55.291944 |  37.66542 |   429.13 | 59.09 |            21.0 |              18.0 |     20.0 |
    
  4. Create a text file named data2.csv with the new data:

    7;95106;2022-06-07 09:54:32;47.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;62.2;21.;20.4;27.
    9;117890;2022-06-07 11:56:27;52.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;65.5;19.;19.;38.
    10;117890;2022-06-07 12:36:27;57.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;72.1;19.;20.;25.
    11;99101;2022-06-07 15:22:27;59.71294467;37.66542005;429.13;35.5;19.;18.;12.
    
  5. Upload the file to the Object Storage bucket for transfer.

  6. Make sure the db1.measurements table now contains the new data.

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

Note

Before deleting the resources, deactivate the transfer.

To reduce the consumption of resources you do not need, delete them:

  1. Delete the transfer.

  2. Delete the target endpoint.

  3. Delete other resources using the same method used for their creation:

    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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