Loading data from Yandex Object Storage to Managed Service for YDB using Yandex Data Transfer

You can migrate data from Object Storage to the Managed Service for YDB table using Data Transfer. To do this:

1. Prepare the 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 YDB database (see Managed Service for YDB pricing). The cost depends on the deployment mode:

  • In serverless mode, you pay for data operations and storage volume, including stored backups.
  • In dedicated instance mode, you pay for the use of computing resources allocated to the database, storage size, and backups.

Getting startedGetting started

Set up your infrastructure:

Prepare your test dataPrepare your test data

1. Prepare two CSV files with test data:

   • demo_data1.csv:

     1,Anna
     2,Robert
     3,Umar
     4,Algul
     5,Viktor
     

   • demo_data2.csv:

     6,Maria
     7,Alex
     

2. Upload the demo_data1.csv file to the Object Storage bucket.

Set up and activate the transferSet up and activate the transfer

1. Create a source endpoint of the Object Storage type with the following settings:

   • Database type: Object Storage.

   • Bucket: Object Storage bucket name.

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

   • Secret Access Key: Service account’s secret access key. If you created your infrastructure using Terraform, copy the key’s value from the Yandex Lockbox secret.

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

   • Region: ru-central1.

   • Data format: CSV.

   • Delimiter: Comma (,).

   • Table: table1.

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

     • Id: Int64
     • Name: UTF8

   Keep the default values for all other settings.

2. Create a target endpoint and set up the transfer:

   Manually

   Using Terraform

   1. Create a target endpoint of the YDB type and specify the cluster connection settings in it:

      • Database: Select the YDB database from the list.

      • Service account ID: Select the s3-ydb-account service account.

   2. Create a transfer of the Snapshot and replication-type that will use the endpoints you created.

   3. Activate the transfer and wait for its status to change to Replicating.

   1. In the object-storage-to-ydb.tf file, specify the following settings:

      • source_endpoint_id: Source endpoint ID
      • transfer_enabled: Set to 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:

      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.

   4. The transfer will be activated automatically. Wait for its status to change to Replicating.

Test your transferTest your transfer

Make sure the transfer works correctly by testing copying and replication.

Test copyingTest copying

Test replicationTest replication

1. Upload the demo_data2.csv file to the Object Storage bucket.

2. Make sure the data from demo_data2.csv has been added to the target database:

   Management console

   CLI

   1. In the management console, select the folder containing your database.
   2. In the list of services, select Managed Service for YDB.
   3. Select your database from the list.
   4. Navigate to the Navigation tab.
   5. Make sure table1 now contains the new data.

   1. Connect to the Managed Service for YDB database.

   2. Run this query:

          SELECT * FROM table1;
      

      Response example

      Id |   Name   |   __file_name    | __row_index 
      ---+----------+------------------+-------------
       1 | "Anna"   | "demo_data1.csv" | 1 
       2 | "Robert" | "demo_data1.csv" | 2 
       3 | "Umar"   | "demo_data1.csv" | 3 
       4 | "Algul"  | "demo_data1.csv" | 4 
       5 | "Viktor" | "demo_data1.csv" | 5 
       6 | "Maria"  | "demo_data2.csv" | 1 
       7 | "Alex"   | "demo_data2.csv" | 2 
      

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

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

1. Delete the transfer.

2. Delete the source endpoint.

3. Delete the objects from the bucket.

4. Delete the other resources depending on how you created them:

   Manually

   Using Terraform

   1. Delete the target endpoint.
   2. Delete the Managed Service for YDB database.
   3. Delete the Object Storage bucket.

   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.