Loading data from Yandex Direct to a Yandex Managed Service for ClickHouse® data mart using Yandex Cloud Functions, Yandex Object Storage, and Yandex Data Transfer

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Updated at May 5, 2025

Required paid resources
Getting started
Transfer your data from Yandex Direct to Object Storage using Cloud Functions
Transfer your data from Object Storage to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Data Transfer
Delete the resources you created

You can transfer data from Yandex Direct to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Cloud Functions, Object Storage, and Data Transfer. Proceed as follows:

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

Required paid resources

The support cost includes:

Object Storage bucket fee: Storing data and performing operations with it (see Object Storage pricing).
Fee for function calls (see Yandex Cloud Functions pricing).
Secret storage and request fees (see Yandex Lockbox pricing).
Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster fee: Using computing resources allocated to hosts (including ZooKeeper hosts) and disk space (see Managed Service for ClickHouse® pricing).
Fee for using public IP addresses for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).

Getting started

Prepare the test data to load from Yandex Direct:

Register the test application in Yandex.OAuth.

Select Web services as the platform. In the Redirect URI field, paste the URL for debugging: https://oauth.yandex.ru/verification_code.
Get a debug token for the application.
Request test access to Yandex Direct for the application and wait for approval.
Set up the sandbox in Yandex Direct with the Client role.

(Optional) Check your setup by sending a request to the sandbox API from the application:

Request example

curl \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <debug_token>' \
  --header 'Accept-Language: en' \
  --data '
      {
        "method":"get",
        "params": {
          "SelectionCriteria": {},
          "FieldNames": [
            "Id",
            "Name"
          ]
        }
      }' \
  "https://api-sandbox.direct.yandex.com/json/v5/campaigns" | jq

Response example

{
  "result": {
    "Campaigns": [
      {
          "Id": 463476,
          "Name": "Test API Sandbox campaign 1"
      },
      {
          "Id": 463477,
          "Name": "Test API Sandbox campaign 2"
      },
      {
          "Id": 463478,
          "Name": "Test API Sandbox campaign 3"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Prepare your Yandex Cloud infrastructure:
Manually

Terraform
1. Create a service account named storage-lockbox-sa and assign the storage.uploader and lockbox.payloadViewer roles to it.
2. Create a static access key for the storage-lockbox-sa service account.
3. Create a secret in Yandex Lockbox with three key:value pairs:
  - access_key:<public_key>
  - secret_key:<private_key>
  - app_token:<application_debug_token>
4. Create a bucket in Object Storage.
5. Create a Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster in any suitable configuration with publicly available hosts.
6. If using security groups in your Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster, make sure they are configured correctly and allow connecting to the cluster.
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 ya-direct-to-mch.tf configuration file to the same working directory.
  
  This file describes:
  - Network.
  - Subnet.
  - Security group and rules required to connect to a Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster.
  - Service account with the storage.uploader and lockbox.payloadViewer roles.
  - Static key for the service account.
  - Yandex Lockbox secret.
  - Object Storage bucket.
  - Cloud Functions serverless function.
  - Managed Service for ClickHouse® target cluster.
  - Managed Service for ClickHouse® target endpoint.
  - Transfer.
6. In the ya-direct-to-mch.tf file, specify these variables:
  - folder_id: Cloud folder ID, same as in the provider settings.
  - app_token: Application debug token.
  - bucket_name: Object Storage bucket name. The name must be unique within the service.
  - ch_password: Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster admin user password.
7. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:
  terraform validate
  If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.
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:
    
    Run this command:
    
    terraform apply
    
    Confirm updating the resources.
    
    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.

Transfer your data from Yandex Direct to Object Storage using Cloud Functions

Download the example-py.zip archive file with a Python function.

The function uses an application token to read marketing campaign IDs and names from the sandbox, then writes this data to an Object Storage bucket in Parquet format.

The function accepts the following input:
- Service account key
- Application token
- Bucket name
Tip

You can use this function to obtain real campaign data or make requests on behalf of the agency. To do this, extract the archive file and uncomment all the required parameters in example.py. See the code comments for details.
Create and configure a function in the Cloud Functions service:
Manually

Terraform
1. Create a function.
2. In the editor that opens, select Python as the runtime environment and clickContinue.
3. Specify the required settings:
  - ZIP archive: ZIP archive.
  - File: Select the example-py.zip file you downloaded earlier.
  - Entry point: example.foo.
  - Service account: Select storage-lockbox-sa from the list.
  - Environment variables: Enter the bucket name in the key=value format:
    
    Key: BUCKET.
    
    Value: Name of the bucket created earlier (without the s3:// prefix).
  - Lockbox secrets: Specify the path to the three previously created Yandex Lockbox secrets as environment variables:
    
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: access_key
    
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: secret_key
    
    TOKEN: app_token
  You can leave the other settings at their defaults.
4. Click Save changes and wait for the function to compile.
1. In the ya-direct-to-mch.tf file, specify these variables:
  - path_to_zip_cf: Path to the ZIP archive file with the function code.
  - create_function: 1 to create a function.
2. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:
  terraform validate
  If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.
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:
    
    Run this command:
    
    terraform apply
    
    Confirm updating the resources.
    
    Wait for the operation to complete.
Open the function you created in the management console. Select Functions in the left-hand panel.
Click Run test and wait for the function to complete.

You will see a Parquet file in the bucket.

Transfer your data from Object Storage to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Data Transfer

Create a source endpoint with the following parameters:
- Database type: Object Storage.
- Bucket: Bucket name in Object Storage.
- Access Key ID: Public part of the service account static key. You may copy it from the Yandex Lockbox secret.
- Secret Access Key: Private part of the service account static key. You may copy it from the Yandex Lockbox secret.
- Endpoint: https://storage.yandexcloud.net.
- Region: ru-central1.
- Data format: Parquet.
- Schema: {"Id": "int64", "Name": "string"}.
- Table: Name of the Parquet file in the bucket, e.g., ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d.snappy.parquet.
- Result table schema: Select Manual and specify field names and data types:
  - Id: Int64
  - Name: String
For the other properties, leave the default values.
Create an endpoint for the target and the transfer:
Manually

Terraform
1. Create a Managed Service for ClickHouse® target endpoint using the parameters of the cluster you created earlier.
2. Create a transfer that will use the created endpoints.
1. In the ya-direct-to-mch.tf file, specify these variables:
  - source_endpoint_id: Source endpoint ID.
  - transfer_enabled: 1 to create a transfer.
2. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:
  terraform validate
  If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.
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:
    
    Run this command:
    
    terraform apply
    
    Confirm updating the resources.
    
    Wait for the operation to complete.
Activate the transfer and wait until its status switches to Completed.

Make sure the Object Storage source data was transferred to the Managed Service for ClickHouse® database:

Connect to the cluster using clickhouse-client.

Run this request:

SELECT * FROM ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d_snappy_parquet;

Where ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d is the Parquet file name.

Response example

┌─────Id─┬─Name────────────────────────┬─__file_name─────────────────────────────────────┬─__row_index─┐
│ 463476 │ Test API Sandbox campaign 1 │ ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d.snappy.parquet │           1 │
│ 463477 │ Test API Sandbox campaign 2 │ ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d.snappy.parquet │           2 │
│ 463478 │ Test API Sandbox campaign 3 │ ac05e4fe818e463f88a8a299d290734d.snappy.parquet │           3 │
└────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────┘

Delete the resources you created

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

Delete the other resources depending on how they were created:

Manually

Terraform

Target endpoint.
Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster.
Object Storage bucket.
Function.
Secret in Yandex Lockbox.
Service account.

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.
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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Loading data from Yandex Direct to a Yandex Managed Service for ClickHouse® data mart using Yandex Cloud Functions, Yandex Object Storage, and Yandex Data Transfer

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

Getting startedGetting started

Transfer your data from Yandex Direct to Object Storage using Cloud FunctionsTransfer your data from Yandex Direct to Object Storage using Cloud Functions

Transfer your data from Object Storage to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Data TransferTransfer your data from Object Storage to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Data Transfer

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

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Required paid resources

Getting started

Transfer your data from Yandex Direct to Object Storage using Cloud Functions

Transfer your data from Object Storage to Managed Service for ClickHouse® using Data Transfer

Delete the resources you created