Discover a MySQL or MariaDB database
Please first read how to use the Discovery Application.
Discover a MySQL or MariaDB database
To discover a MySQL or a MariaDB database with the Discovery Application, please choose the following source system type:
Then, fill in the following information:
- Name: discovery name
- Example: MySQL_classicmodels
- Server: host and port to connect to the database
- Example: localhost:3306
- Database: database name
- Example: classicmodels
- Authentication Type: must be MySQL Authentication
- User: user who can connect to the database
- Example: root
- Password: password of the user
You can download an example of a discovery file here to start modeling, even if you don't have any access to this source system type.