How-to guides

Migrating databases

• Get set up

  Learn how to get set up to use Database Migration Service.

• Configure your source

  Learn how to configure your source.

• Create a source connection profile

  Create a source connection profile.

• Configure connectivity

  Learn about methods that you can use to connect your source and destination databases.

• Configure connectivity using IP allowlists

  Use the IP allowlist method to connect your source and destination databases.

• Configure connectivity using reverse SSH tunnel

  Use the reverse SSH tunnel method to connect your source and destination databases.

• Configure connectivity using VPNs

  Use the VPN method to connect your source and destination databases.

• Configure connectivity using VPC peering

  Use the VPC peering method to connect your source and destination databases.

• Create a migration job

  Create a migration job.

• Review a migration job

  Review a migration job.

• Manage migration jobs

  Start, stop, resume, or delete migration jobs.

• Verify a migration

  Confirm that a migration job correctly migrated data from your source database instance to the destination database instance.

• Promote a migration

  Promote a migration.

• Review connection profiles

  Review connection profiles.

• Manage connection profiles

  Perform actions on connection profiles.

• Migrating from Amazon Aurora MySQL without SUPERUSER

  How to migrate an Amazon Aurora MySQL instance without SUPERUSER.

• Migrate MySQL user metadata that includes the DEFINER clause

  How to migrate MySQL user metadata that includes the DEFINER clause.

• Exporting a MySQL database using mysqldump

  How to export a MySQL database using mysqldump.

Using the API

• Managing connection profiles using the API

  How to manage connection profiles using the Database Migration API.

• Manage migration jobs using the API

  Managing migration jobs using the Database Migration API.