[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eMySQL databases using Datastream require change data capture (CDC) to be set up.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eDatastream needs row-based replication and retention enabled to read MySQL events for replicating hosted tables.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eDatastream supports Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Cloud SQL for MySQL, and self-managed MySQL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are resources available to help configure Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Cloud SQL for MySQL, and self-managed MySQL databases to work with Datastream.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Configure a source MySQL database\n\nIf you're using MySQL as your source database, then you must set up change data capture (CDC) for your database.\n\nTo replicate your hosted MySQL tables, Datastream needs row-based replication and retention to be set up to be able to read your MySQL events.\n\nSupported databases\n-------------------\n\nDatastream works with the following types of MySQL databases:\n\n- Amazon RDS for MySQL\n- Amazon Aurora MySQL\n- Cloud SQL for MySQL\n- Self-managed MySQL\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn how to configure an [Amazon RDS for MySQL](/datastream/docs/configure-amazon-rds-mysql) database to work with Datastream.\n- Learn how to configure an [Amazon Aurora MySQL](/datastream/docs/configure-amazon-aurora-mysql) database to work with Datastream.\n- Learn how to configure a [Cloud SQL for MySQL](/datastream/docs/configure-cloudsql-mysql) database to work with Datastream.\n- Learn how to configure a [self-managed MySQL](/datastream/docs/configure-self-managed-mysql) database to work with Datastream."]]
