Setting general connection properties

This section describes how to configure general connection properties. For an explanation of how to configure advanced connection properties, see Setting advanced connection properties.

To add a MySQL target endpoint to Qlik Replicate:

1. In the Qlik Replicate Console, click Manage Endpoint Connections to open the Manage Endpoints Connections dialog box. Then click the New Endpoint Connection button. For more information on adding an endpoint to Qlik Replicate, see Defining and managing endpoints.
2. In the Name field, type a name for your database. This can be any name that will help to identify the database being used.
3. In the Description field, type a description that helps to identify the MySQL database. This is optional.

4. Select Target as the database role.

5. From the Type drop-down list, select MySQL.

6. In the Server field, enter the host name or IP address of the computer on which the MySQL database is installed.

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   • This information is case sensitive.

   • To determine if you are connected to the database you want to use or if the connection information you entered is correct, click Test Connection.

     If the connection is successful a message in green is displayed. If the connection fails, an error message is displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.

     To view the log entry if the connection fails, click View Log. The server log is displayed with the information for the connection failure. Note that this button is not available unless the test connection fails.

7. Optionally, change the default port (3306).

8. Type the MySQL authentication information (User Name, Password) for the authorized user for this MySQL database. If you do not know this information, see your MySQL database Administrator (DBA).

9. Select one of the following Load source schemas into options:

   • Specific database - When this option is selected, all source schemas will be loaded into the database specified in the The following database field.
   • Multiple databases - When this option is selected, each of the source schemas will be loaded into its corresponding database. Additionally, by default, all Control Tables will be replicated to a new schema called attrep_control. You can override the default schema name as described in Control tables

SSL authentication options

In the Security section, you can configure Replicate to connect to the database using SSL.

• SSL Mode: Select one of the following:
  • Preferred - Establishes an encrypted connection if the server supports encrypted connections, falling back to an unencrypted connection if an encrypted connection cannot be established.
  • None - Connect with a surname and password only.
  • Required - Establishes an encrypted connection if the server supports encrypted connections. The connection attempt fails if an encrypted connection cannot be established.
  • Verify CA - Similar to Required, but also verifies the server Certificate Authority (CA) certificate against the configured CA certificates. The connection attempt fails if no valid matching CA certificates are found.
  • Verify Full - Similar to Verify CA, but also performs host name identity verification by checking the host name the client (i.e. Replicate) uses for connecting to the server against the identity in the certificate that the server sends to the client. The client checks whether the host name that it uses for connecting matches the Common Name value in the server certificate. The connection fails if there is a mismatch.
• CA path - The path to the Certificate Authority (CA) that issued the client certificate file in PEM format.
• Secret key path - The path to the client private key file in PEM format.
• Client certificate path - The path to the client certificate requested by the server.