`CREATE DATABASE` Statement¶

Description¶

MindsDB lets you connect to your favorite databases, data warehouses, data lakes, etc., via the CREATE DATABASE command.

The MindsDB SQL API supports creating connections to integrations by passing the connection parameters specific per integration. You can find more in the Supported Integrations chapter.

Syntax¶

Let's review the syntax for the CREATE DATABASE command.

CREATE DATABASE [datasource_name]
WITH ENGINE=[engine_string],
PARAMETERS={
  "key":"value",
  ...
};

On execution, we get:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (x.xxx sec)

Where:

Name	Description
`[datasource_name]`	Identifier for the data source to be created.
`[engine_string]`	Engine to be selected depending on the database connection.
`PARAMETERS`	`{"key":"value"}` object with the connection parameters specific for each engine.

Example¶

Connecting a Data Source¶

Here is an example of how to connect to a MySQL database.

CREATE DATABASE mysql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mariadb',
PARAMETERS={
  "user":"root",
  "port": 3307,
  "password": "password",
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "database": "my_database"
};

On execution, we get:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (8.878 sec)

Listing Linked Databases¶

You can list all the linked databases using the command below.

SHOW DATABASES;

On execution, we get:

+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mindsdb            |
| files              |
| views              |
| mysql_datasource   |
+--------------------+

Getting Linked Databases Metadata¶

You can get metadata about the linked databases by querying the mindsdb.datasources table.

SELECT *
FROM mindsdb.datasources;

On execution, we get:

+------------------+---------------+--------------+------+-----------+
| name             | database_type | host         | port | user      |
+------------------+---------------+--------------+------+-----------+
| mysql_datasource | mysql         | 3.220.66.106 | 3306 | root      |
+------------------+---------------+--------------+------+-----------+

Making your Local Database Available to MindsDB¶

When connecting your local database to MindsDB Cloud, you should expose the local database server to be publicly accessible. It is easy to accomplish using Ngrok Tunnel. The free tier offers all you need to get started.

The installation instructions are easy to follow. Head over to the downloads page and choose your operating system. Follow the instructions for installation.

Then create a free account at Ngrok to get an auth token that you can use to configure your Ngrok instance.

Once installed and configured, run the following command to obtain the host and port for your localhost at [port-number].

ngrok tcp [port-number]

Here is an example. Assuming that you run a PostgreSQL database at localhost:5432, use the following command:

ngrok tcp 5432

On execution, we get:

Session Status                online
Account                       myaccount (Plan: Free)
Version                       2.3.40
Region                        United States (us)
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    tcp://4.tcp.ngrok.io:15093 -> localhost 5432

Now you can access your local database at 4.tcp.ngrok.io:15093 instead of localhost:5432.

So to connect your local database to the MindsDB GUI, use the Forwarding information. The host is 4.tcp.ngrok.io, and the port is 15093.

Proceed to create a database connection in the MindsDB GUI by executing the CREATE DATABASE statement with the host and port number obtained from Ngrok.

CREATE DATABASE psql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='postgres',
PARAMETERS={
  "user":"postgres",
  "port": 15093,
  "password": "password",
  "host": "4.tcp.ngrok.io", 
  "database": "postgres"
};

Please note that the Ngrok tunnel loses connection when stopped or canceled. To reconnect your local database to MindsDB, you should create an Ngrok tunnel again. In the free tier, Ngrok changes the host and port values each time you launch the program, so you need to reconnect your database in the MindsDB Cloud by passing the new host and port values obtained from Ngrok.

Before resetting the database connection, drop the previously connected data source using the DROP DATABASE statement.

DROP DATABASE psql_datasource;

After dropping the data source and reconnecting your local database, you can use the predictors that you trained using the previously connected data source. However, if you have to RETRAIN your predictors, please ensure the database connection has the same name you used when creating the predictor to avoid failing to retrain.

Work in progress

Please note that this feature is a beta version. If you have questions about the supported data sources or experience some issues, reach out to us on Slack or open a GitHub issue.

Supported Integrations¶

The list of databases supported by MindsDB keeps growing. Here are the currently supported integrations:

You can find particular databases' handler files here to see their connection arguments. For example, to see the latest updates to the Oracle handler, check Oracle's readme.md file here.

Let's look at sample codes showing how to connect to each of the supported integrations.

Airtable¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE airtable_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='airtable',                      --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "base_id": " ",                            --- the Airtable base ID
  "table_name": " ",                         --- the Airtable table name
  "api_key": " "                             --- the API key for the Airtable API
};

CREATE DATABASE airtable_datasource
WITH ENGINE='airtable',
PARAMETERS={
  "base_id": "appve10klsda2",
  "table_name": "my_table",
  "api_key": "KdJX2Q5km%5b$T$sQYm^gvN"
};

Amazon Redshift¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE amazonredshift_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='amazonredshift',                     --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                    --- host name or IP address of the Redshift cluster
  "port": ,                                       --- port used when connecting to the Redshift cluster
  "database": " ",                                --- database name used when connecting to the Redshift cluster
  "user": " ",                                    --- user to authenticate with the Redshift cluster
  "password": " "                                 --- password used to authenticate with the Redshift cluster
};

CREATE DATABASE amazonredshift_datasource
WITH ENGINE='amazonredshift',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 5439,
  "database": "test",
  "user": "amazonredshift",
  "password": "password"
};

Amazon S3¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE amazons3_datasource     --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='s3',                       --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "aws_access_key_id": " ",             --- the AWS access key
  "aws_secret_access_key": " ",         --- the AWS secret access key
  "region_name": " ",                   --- the AWS region
  "bucket": " ",                        --- name of the S3 bucket
  "key": " ",                           --- key of the object to be queried
  "input_serialization": " "            --- format of the data to be queried
};

CREATE DATABASE amazons3_datasource
WITH ENGINE='s3',
PARAMETERS={
    "aws_access_key_id": "PCAQ2LJDOSWLNSQKOCPW",
    "aws_secret_access_key": "U/VjewPlNopsDmmwItl34r2neyC6WhZpUiip57i",
    "region_name": "us-east-1",
    "bucket": "mindsdb-bucket",
    "key": "iris.csv",
    "input_serialization": "{'CSV': {'FileHeaderInfo': 'NONE'}}"
};

Cassandra¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE cassandra_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='cassandra',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "keyspace": " ",                          --- database name
  "protocol_version": ,                     --- optional, protocol version (defaults to 4 if left blank)
  "secure_connect_bundle": {                --- optional, secure connect bundle file
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE cassandra_datasource
WITH ENGINE='cassandra',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 9043,
  "user": "user",
  "password": "password",
  "keyspace": "test_data",
  "protocol_version": 4
};

CKAN¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE ckan_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'ckan',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "url": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "apikey": " "                          --- the API key used for authentication
};

CREATE DATABASE ckan_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'ckan',
PARAMETERS = {
  "url": "http://demo.ckan.org/api/3/action/",
  "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

ClickHouse¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE clickhouse_datasource       --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='clickhouse',                   --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " "                           --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE clickhouse_datasource
WITH ENGINE='clickhouse',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 9000,
  "database": "test_data",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

Cockroach Labs¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE cockroach_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='cockroachdb',                  --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "publish": " "                            --- optional, publish
};

CREATE DATABASE cockroach_datasource
WITH ENGINE='cockroachdb',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 26257,
  "database": "cockroachdb",
  "user": "username",
  "password": "password"
};

Couchbase¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE couchbase_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'couchbase',                  --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address of the Couchbase server
  "user": " ",                              --- user to authenticate with the Couchbase server
  "password": " ",                          --- password used to authenticate with the Couchbase server
  "bucket": " ",                            --- bucket name
  "scope": " "                              --- scope used to query (defaults to `_default` if left blank)
};                                              --- a scope in Couchbase is equivalent to a schema in MySQL

CREATE DATABASE couchbase_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'couchbase',
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "user": "couchbase",
  "password": "password",
  "bucket": "test-bucket"
};

CrateDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE cratedb_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='crate',                      --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " ",                        --- database password
  "schema_name": " "                      --- database schema name (defaults to `doc` if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE cratedb_datasource
WITH ENGINE='crate',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 4200,
  "user": "crate",
  "password": "password",
  "schema_name": "doc"
};

Databricks¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE databricks_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='databricks',                     --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "server_hostname": " ",                     --- server hostname of the cluster or SQL warehouse
  "http_path": " ",                           --- http path to the cluster or SQL warehouse
  "access_token": " ",                        --- personal Databricks access token
  "schema": " ",                              --- schema name (defaults to `default` if left blank)
  "session_configuration": " ",               --- optional, dictionary of Spark session configuration parameters
  "http_headers": " ",                        --- optional, additional (key, value) pairs to set in HTTP headers on every RPC request the client makes
  "catalog": " "                              --- catalog (defaults to `hive_metastore` if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE databricks_datasource
WITH ENGINE='databricks',
PARAMETERS={
  "server_hostname": "adb-1234567890123456.7.azuredatabricks.net",
  "http_path": "sql/protocolv1/o/1234567890123456/1234-567890-test123",
  "access_token": "dapi1234567890ab1cde2f3ab456c7d89efa",
  "schema": "example_db"
};

DataStax¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE datastax_datasource           --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='astra',                          --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "user": " ",                                --- user to be authenticated
  "password": " ",                            --- password for authentication
  "secure_connection_bundle": {               --- secure connection bundle zip file
    "path": " "                                   --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "host": " ",                                --- optional, host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                   --- optional, port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "protocol_version": ,                       --- optional, protocol version
  "keyspace": " "                             --- optional, keyspace
};

CREATE DATABASE datastax_datasource
WITH ENGINE='astra',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 7077,
  "user": "datastax",
  "password": "password",
  "secure_connection_bundle": {
    "path": "/home/Downloads/file.zip"
  }
};

Druid¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE druid_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'druid',                  --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": " ",                          --- host name or IP address of Apache Druid
  "port": ,                             --- port where Apache Druid runs
  "user": " ",                          --- optional, user to authenticate with Apache Druid
  "password": " ",                      --- optional, password used to authenticate with Apache Druid
  "path": " ",                          --- query path
  "scheme": " "                         --- the URI scheme (defaults to `http` if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE druid_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'druid',
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 8888,
  "path": "/druid/v2/sql/",
  "scheme": "http"
};

DynamoDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE dynamodb_datasource       --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='dynamodb',                   --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "aws_access_key_id": " ",               --- the AWS access key
  "aws_secret_access_key": " ",           --- the AWS secret access key
  "region_name": " "                      --- the AWS region
};

CREATE DATABASE dynamodb_datasource
WITH ENGINE='dynamodb',
PARAMETERS={
  "aws_access_key_id": "PCAQ2LJDOSWLNSQKOCPW",
  "aws_secret_access_key": "U/VjewPlNopsDmmwItl34r2neyC6WhZpUiip57i",
  "region_name": "us-east-1"
};

D0lt¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE d0lt_datasource             --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'd0lt',                       --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "ssl": True/False,                        --- optional, the `ssl` parameter value indicates whether SSL is enabled (`True`) or disabled (`False`)
  "ssl_ca": {                               --- optional, SSL Certificate Authority
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_cert": {                             --- optional, SSL certificates
    "url": " "                                  --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_key": {                              --- optional, SSL keys
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE d0lt_datasource
WITH ENGINE='d0lt',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 3306,
  "database": "information_schema",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

Elastic¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE elastic_datasource      --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'elasticsearch',          --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "hosts": " ",                         --- one or more host names or IP addresses of the Elasticsearch server
  "username": " ",                      --- optional, username to authenticate with the Elasticsearch server
  "password": " ",                      --- optional, password used to authenticate with the Elasticsearch server
  "cloud_id": " "                       --- optional, unique ID of your hosted Elasticsearch cluster (must be provided when "hosts" is left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE elastic_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'elasticsearch',
PARAMETERS = {
  "hosts": "localhost:9200"
};

Firebird¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE firebird_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='firebird',                     --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address of the Firebird server
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- user to authenticate with the Firebird server
  "password": " "                           --- password used to authenticate with the Firebird server
};

CREATE DATABASE firebird_datasource
WITH ENGINE='firebird',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "database": "test",
  "user": "firebird",
  "password": "password"
};

Google Big Query¶

TemplateExample for Self-Hosted MindsDBExample for MindsDB Cloud

CREATE DATABASE bigquery_datasource       --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='bigquery',                   --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "project_id": " ",                      --- globally unique project identifier
  "service_account_keys": {               --- service account keys file
    "path": " "                               --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE bigquery_datasource
WITH ENGINE='bigquery',
PARAMETERS={
  "project_id": "badger-345908",
  "service_account_keys": {
    "path": "/home/Downloads/badger-345908.json"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE bigquery_datasource
WITH ENGINE='bigquery',
PARAMETERS={
  "project_id": "badger-345908",
  "service_account_keys": {
    "url": "https://url/badger-345908.json"
  }
};

IBM DB2¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE db2_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='DB2',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                        --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                           --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                    --- database name
  "user": " ",                        --- database user
  "password": " ",                    --- database password
  "schema_name": " "                  --- database schema name
};

CREATE DATABASE db2_datasource
WITH ENGINE='DB2',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 25000,
  "database": "BOOKS",
  "user": "db2admin",
  "password": "password",
  "schema_name": "db2admin"
};

Informix¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE informix_datasource       --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'informix',                 --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "server": " ",                          --- server name
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                        --- database name
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " ",                        --- database password
  "schema_name": " ",                     --- database schema name
  "logging_enabled": True/False           --- indicates whether logging is enabled (defaults to `True` if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE informix_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'informix',
PARAMETERS = {
  "server": "server",
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 9091,
  "database": "stores_demo",
  "user": "informix",
  "password": "password",
  "schema_name": "demo_schema",
  "logging_enabled": False
};

MariaDB¶

TemplateExample for MariaDBExample for MariaDB Cloud (or SkySQL)

CREATE DATABASE maria_datasource            --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='mariadb',                      --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host IP address or URL
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "ssl": True/False,                        --- optional, the `ssl` parameter value indicates whether SSL is enabled (`True`) or disabled (`False`)
  "ssl_ca": {                               --- optional, SSL Certificate Authority
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_cert": {                             --- optional, SSL certificates
    "url": " "                                  --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_key": {                              --- optional, SSL keys
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE maria_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mariadb',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 3306,
  "database": "mariadb",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

CREATE DATABASE skysql_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'mariadb',
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": "mindsdbtest.mdb0002956.db1.skysql.net",
  "port": 5001,
  "database": "mindsdb_data",
  "user": "DB00007539",
  "password": "password",
  --- here, the SSL certificate is required
  "ssl-ca": {
    "url": "https://mindsdb-web-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/aws_skysql_chain.pem"
  }
};

Matrixone¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE matrixone_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='matrixone',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host IP address or URL
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "ssl": True/False,                        --- optional, the `ssl` parameter value indicates whether SSL is enabled (`True`) or disabled (`False`)
  "ssl_ca": {                               --- optional, SSL Certificate Authority
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_cert": {                             --- optional, SSL certificates
    "url": " "                                  --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_key": {                              --- optional, SSL keys
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE matrixone_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'matrixone',
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 6001,
  "database": "mo_catalog",
  "user": "matrixone",
  "password": "password"
};

Microsoft Access¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE access_datasource       --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'access',                 --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "db_file": " "                        --- path to the database file to be used
};

CREATE DATABASE access_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'access',
PARAMETERS = {
  "db_file": "example_db.accdb"
};

Microsoft SQL Server¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE mssql_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='mssql',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                          --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                             --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                      --- database name
  "user": " ",                          --- database user
  "password": " "                       --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE mssql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mssql',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 1433,
  "database": "master",
  "user": "sa",
  "password": "password"
};

MonetDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE monetdb_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE = 'monetdb',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "schema_name": " "                        --- database schema name (defaults to the current schema if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE monetdb_datasource
WITH ENGINE = 'monetdb',
PARAMETERS = {
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 50000,
  "database": "demo",
  "user": "monetdb",
  "password": "password",
  "schema_name": "sys"
};

MongoDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE mongo_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='mongo',                      --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " "                         --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE mongo_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mongo',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 27017,
  "user": "mongo",
  "password": "password"
};

Follow the Mongo API documentation for details.

MySQL¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE mysql_datasource            --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='mysql',                        --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                              --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                 --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                          --- database name
  "user": " ",                              --- database user
  "password": " ",                          --- database password
  "ssl": True/False,                        --- optional, the `ssl` parameter value indicates whether SSL is enabled (`True`) or disabled (`False`)
  "ssl_ca": {                               --- optional, SSL Certificate Authority
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_cert": {                             --- optional, SSL certificates
    "url": " "                                  --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_key": {                              --- optional, SSL keys
    "path": " "                                 --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE mysql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mysql',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 3306,
  "database": "mysql",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

Oracle¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE oracle_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='oracle',                     --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "sid": " ",                             --- unique identifier of the database instance
  "service_name": " ",                    --- optional, database service name (must be provided when "sid" is left blank)
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " "                         --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE oracle_datasource
WITH ENGINE='oracle',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 1521,
  "sid": "ORCL",
  "user": "sys",
  "password": "password"
};

Pinot¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE pinot_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='pinot',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                          --- host name or IP address of the Apache Pinot cluster
  "broker_port": ,                      --- port where the broker of the Apache Pinot cluster runs
  "controller_port": ,                  --- port where the controller of the Apache Pinot cluster runs
  "path": " ",                          --- query path
  "scheme": " ",                        --- scheme (defaults to `http` if left blank)
  "username": " ",                      --- optional, user
  "password": " ",                      --- optional, password
  "verify_ssl": " "                     --- optional, verify SSL
};

CREATE DATABASE pinot_datasource
WITH ENGINE='pinot',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "broker_port": 8000,
  "controller_port": 9000,
  "path": "/query/sql",
  "scheme": "http"
};

PostgreSQL¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE psql_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='postgres',                 --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                          --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                             --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                      --- database name
  "user": " ",                          --- database user
  "password": " "                       --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE psql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='postgres',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 5432,
  "database": "postgres",
  "user": "postgres",
  "password": "password"
};

QuestDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE questdb_datasource      --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='questdb',                  --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                          --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                             --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                      --- database name
  "user": " ",                          --- database user
  "password": " ",                      --- database password
  "public": True/False                  --- public (defaults to `True` if left blank)
};

CREATE DATABASE questdb_datasource
WITH ENGINE='questdb',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 8812,
  "database": "qdb",
  "user": "admin",
  "password": "password"
};

Scylla¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE scylladb_datasource           --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='scylladb',                       --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                   --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "user": " ",                                --- user
  "password": " ",                            --- password
  "protocol_version": ,                       --- optional, protocol version (defaults to 4 if left blank)
  "keyspace": " ",                            --- keyspace name (it is the top level container for tables)
  "secure_connect_bundle": {                  --- secure connect bundle file
    "path": " "                                   --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE scylladb_datasource
WITH ENGINE='scylladb',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 7199,
  "user": "user@mindsdb.com",
  "password": "password",
  "protocol_version": 4,
  "keyspace": "keyspace_name",
  "secure_connect_bundle": {
    "path": "/home/zoran/Downloads/secure-connect-mindsdb.zip"
  }
};

SingleStore¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE singlestore_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='mysql',                            --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                  --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                     --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                              --- database name
  "user": " ",                                  --- database user
  "password": " ",                              --- database password
  "ssl": True/False,                            --- optional, the `ssl` parameter value indicates whether SSL is enabled (`True`) or disabled (`False`)
  "ssl_ca": {                                   --- optional, SSL Certificate Authority
    "path": " "                                     --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_cert": {                                 --- optional, SSL certificates
    "url": " "                                      --- either "path" or "url"
  },
  "ssl_key": {                                  --- optional, SSL keys
    "path": " "                                     --- either "path" or "url"
  }
};

CREATE DATABASE singlestore_datasource
WITH ENGINE='mysql',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 3306,
  "database": "singlestore",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

Snowflake¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE snowflake_datasource              --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='snowflake',                          --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                    --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                       --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                                --- database name
  "user": " ",                                    --- database user
  "password": " ",                                --- database password
  "account": " ",                                 --- the Snowflake account
  "schema": " ",                                  --- schema name (defaults to `public` if left blank)
  "protocol": " ",                                --- protocol (defaults to `https` if left blank)
  "warehouse": " "                                --- the warehouse account
};

CREATE DATABASE snowflake_datasource
WITH ENGINE='snowflake',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 443,
  "database": "snowflake",
  "user": "user",
  "password": "password",
  "account": "account",
  "schema": "public",
  "protocol": "https",
  "warehouse": "warehouse"
};

SQLite¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE sqlite_datasource         --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='sqlite',                     --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "db_file": " "                          --- path to the database file to be used
};

CREATE DATABASE sqlite_datasource
WITH ENGINE='sqlite',
PARAMETERS={
  "db_file": "example.db"
};

Supabase¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE supabase_datasource             --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='supabase',                         --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                  --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                     --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                              --- database name
  "user": " ",                                  --- database user
  "password": " ",                              --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE supabase_datasource
WITH ENGINE='supabase',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 54321,
  "database": "test",
  "user": "supabase",
  "password": "password"
};

TiDB¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE tidb_datasource                 --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='tidb',                             --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                                  --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                                     --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                              --- database name
  "user": " ",                                  --- database user
  "password": " ",                              --- database password
};

CREATE DATABASE tidb_datasource
WITH ENGINE='tidb',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 4000,
  "database": "tidb",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "password"
};

Trino¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE trino_datasource          --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='trino',                      --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " ",                        --- database password
  "catalog": " ",                         --- optional, catalog
  "schema": " "                           --- optional, schema
};

CREATE DATABASE trino_datasource
WITH ENGINE='trino',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 8080,
  "user": "trino",
  "password": "password",
  "catalog": "default",
  "schema": "test"
};

Vertica¶

TemplateExample

CREATE DATABASE vertica_datasource        --- display name for the database
WITH ENGINE='vertica',                    --- name of the MindsDB handler
PARAMETERS={
  "host": " ",                            --- host name or IP address
  "port": ,                               --- port used to make TCP/IP connection
  "database": " ",                        --- database name
  "user": " ",                            --- database user
  "password": " ",                        --- database password
  "schema_name": " "                      --- database schema name
};

CREATE DATABASE vertica_datasource
WITH ENGINE='vertica',
PARAMETERS={
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 5433,
  "database": "VMart",
  "user": "vertica",
  "password": "password",
  "schema_name": "public"
};

Connecting Through Ngrok¶

When connecting your local database to MindsDB Cloud, you need to expose the local database server to be publicly accessible using Ngrok Tunnel. The free tier offers all you need to get started.

The installation instructions are easy to follow, head over to the downloads page and choose your operating system. Follow the instructions for installation.

Then create a free account to get an auth token that you can use to config your ngrok instance.

Once installed and configured, run the following command to obtain the host and port number:

ngrok tcp [port-number]

Example:

ngrok tcp 5431  # assuming you are running a db on the port 5432, for example, postgres

At this point you will see a line saying something like this:

Session Status                online
Account                       myaccount (Plan: Free)
Version                       2.3.40
Region                        United States (us)
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    tcp://4.tcp.ngrok.io:15093 -> localhost 5432

The forwarded address information will be required when connecting to MindsDB's GUI. We will make use of the Forwarding information, in this case it is tcp://4.tcp.ngrok.io:15093 where where tcp://4.tcp.ngrok.io will be used for the host parameter and 15093 as the port number.

Proceed to create a database connection in the MindsDB GUI. Once you have selected a database as a datasource, you can execute the syntax with the host and port number retrieved.

Example:

CREATE DATABASE psql_datasource
WITH ENGINE='postgres',
PARAMETERS={
  "user":"postgres",
  "port": 15093,
  "password": "Mimzo3i-mxt@9CpThpBj",
  "host": "4.tcp.ngrok.io", 
  "database": "postgres"
};

Please note that when the tunnel loses connection(the ngrok tunnel is stopped or cancelled), you will have to reconnect your database again. In the free tier, Ngrok changes the url each time you launch the program, so if you need to reset the connection you will have to drop the datasource using the DROP DATABASE syntax:

DROP DATABASE example_db;

You can go ahead and set up the connection again. Your trained predictors won't be affected, however if you have to RETRAIN the predictors please ensure the database connection has the same name you used when creating the predictor to avoid it failing to retrain.

Work in progress

Note this feature is in beta version. If you have additional questions about other supported datasources or you experience some issues reach out to us on Slack or open GitHub issue.

CREATE DATABASE Statement¶

Description¶

Syntax¶

Example¶

Connecting a Data Source¶

Listing Linked Databases¶

Getting Linked Databases Metadata¶

Making your Local Database Available to MindsDB¶

Supported Integrations¶

Airtable¶

Amazon Redshift¶

Amazon S3¶

Cassandra¶

CKAN¶

ClickHouse¶

Cockroach Labs¶

Couchbase¶

CrateDB¶

Databricks¶

DataStax¶

Druid¶

DynamoDB¶

D0lt¶

Elastic¶

Firebird¶

Google Big Query¶

IBM DB2¶

Informix¶

MariaDB¶

Matrixone¶

Microsoft Access¶

Microsoft SQL Server¶

MonetDB¶

MongoDB¶

MySQL¶

Oracle¶

Pinot¶

PostgreSQL¶

QuestDB¶

Scylla¶

SingleStore¶

Snowflake¶

SQLite¶

Supabase¶

TiDB¶

Trino¶

Vertica¶

Connecting Through Ngrok¶

`CREATE DATABASE` Statement¶