Database Migration Service
In this section, we’ll take a quick walkthrough of the steps involved in migrating a sample MySQL database to Cloud SQL for a MySQL database instance using Database Migration Service. We won’t go through the full implementation/testing phase of the migration. We will just look at an overview of the configuration steps:
- Go to the Google Cloud console and make sure your project is selected, or select or create your project, as shown in the instructions here: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects.
- In the search bar of the console, search for
DatabaseMigration Service. - Enable the API if you are prompted to, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 8.5 – Database Migration API ENABLE screen
- Go to the IAM page at https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/iam and make sure your user account has the Database Migration admin role assigned to it, as...
