MariaDB

Connectivity Summary

An out-of-the-box connector is available for MariaDB databases to support crawling database objects, profiling sample data, and lineage building.

The drivers used by the connector are mentioned below:

Driver/ API: MariaDB JDBC driver                      

Version: 1.0

Details: Is JDBC 5.1.29
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/MariaDB/MariaDB-connector-java/5.1.29
Note: Latest version is 8.0.25

Technical Specifications

The following are the connector capabilities mentioned below:

Crawling

Profiling

See this article Profile Data to know more about Profiling.

Lineage Building

Querying 

By default, the service account provided for the connector will be used for any query operations. If the service account has write privileges, then Insert / Update / Delete queries can be executed.

Pre-requisites

To use the connector, the following need to be available:

• Connection details as specified in the following section should be available.
• An admin/service account with read privileges.
• JDBC driver is provided by default. In case it needs to be changed, add MariaDB client drivers into the OvalEdge Jar path to communicate to the MariaDB database.
• Check the Configuration section for further details on how to add the drivers to the jar path.

Connection Details

The following are the connection settings that need to be added for connecting to MariaDB database:

• Database Type: MariaDB
• License Type: Standard
• Connection Name: Select a Connection name for the MariaDB database. The name that you specify is a reference name to easily identify your MariaDB database connection in OvalEdge. Example: MariaDB Connection1
• Hostname / IP Address: Database instance URL (on-premises/cloud-based)
  Example:oval-MariaDB.csklygkwz3dx.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
• Port number: 3306
• Sid/Database: Name of the database to connect.
• Username: User account login credential MariaDB Authentication
• Password: Password (only for MariaDB Authentication)
• Driver Name: JDBC driver name for Exasol. It will be auto-populated.
  Example: MariaDBJDBC42-no-awssdk-1.2.41.1065
• Connection String:  MariaDB connection string. Set the Connection string toggle button to automatic, to get the details automatically from the credentials provided. Alternatively, you can manually enter the string.
  Format: jdbc:MariaDB://{server}:3306/{sid}
  Example: jdbc:MariaDB://ovaledge.cpgvvwcraues.us-east-.MariaDB.amazonaws.com:3306;database=customers

Once connectivity is established, additional configurations for Crawling and Profiling can be specified.