Import a MySQL Database Using Command Line Tools

Once you've signed up for a fully managed MySQL hosting plan, you can easily import your existing databases to your MySQL deployment in ScaleGrid using the mysqldump command line utility.

mysqldump is a database backup program that performs logical backups, producing a set of SQL statements that can be executed to reproduce the original database object definitions and table data. It dumps one or more MySQL databases for backup or transfer to another SQL server and can also generate output in CSV, other delimited text, or XML format.

MySQL Database Import Prerequisites

1. Create a MySQL deployment at ScaleGrid.
2. Your existing database should be running on MySQL community versions 5.6.x or 5.7.x.
3. If you do not have the mysqldump utility already installed, refer to these instructions to download and install it as part of the MySQL command line utilities.
4. Ensure that the network connectivity is working fine between your source database server and your ScaleGrid deployment by following these instructions.
5. The username you are using needs to have SELECT, LOCK TABLES, SHOW VIEW and TRIGGER grants.

Importing Your Existing MySQL Database to ScaleGrid

1: Dump your existing database to a file using the command:

mysqldump -h <hostname> -u <username> -p<password> --databases <Your DB Name> --single-transaction > Your_DB_NAME.sql

--single_transaction option will ensure that your Innodb table data is consistent in the dump file. Also note that the username you are using above needs to have SELECT, LOCK TABLES, SHOW VIEW and TRIGGER grants.

2: Load the dump file onto your ScaleGrid deployment:

mysql -u <ScaleGrid Admin User> -h <ScaleGrid hostname> -p<ScaleGrid Admin Password> < Your_DB_NAME.sql

Refer to this help doc to get the hostname of your ScaleGrid deployment, and this help doc to find the admin username and password for your ScaleGrid deployment.

If your ScaleGrid deployment is SSL enabled, use the command:

mysql -u <ScaleGrid Admin User> -h <ScaleGrid hostname> -p<ScaleGrid Admin Password> --ssl-mode=REQUIRED < Your_DB_NAME.sql

Note: If your source cluster has GTID enabled, then you may see a warning like below when you execute the mysqldump command in step 1:

Warning: A partial dump from a server that has GTIDs will by default include the GTIDs of all transactions, even those that changed suppressed parts of the database. If you don't want to restore GTIDs, pass --set-gtid-purged=OFF.

In this case, rerun the command with following options:

mysqldump -h <hostname> -u <username> -p<password> --databases <Your DB Name> --single-transaction --set-gtid-purged=OFF > Your_DB_NAME.sql