Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateDataProvider

Creates a data provider using the provided settings. A data provider stores a data store type and location information about your database.

Request Syntax


{
   "DataProviderName": "string",
   "Description": "string",
   "Engine": "string",
   "Settings": { ... },
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "ResourceArn": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "Virtual": boolean
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

DataProviderName

A user-friendly name for the data provider.

Type: String

Required: No

Description

A user-friendly description of the data provider.

Type: String

Required: No

Engine

The type of database engine for the data provider. Valid values include "aurora", "aurora-postgresql", "mysql", "oracle", "postgres", "sqlserver", redshift, mariadb, mongodb, db2, db2-zos and docdb. A value of "aurora" represents Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Settings

The settings in JSON format for a data provider.

Type: DataProviderSettings object

Note: This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.

Required: Yes

Tags

One or more tags to be assigned to the data provider.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

Virtual

Indicates whether the data provider is virtual.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "DataProvider": { 
      "DataProviderArn": "string",
      "DataProviderCreationTime": "string",
      "DataProviderName": "string",
      "Description": "string",
      "Engine": "string",
      "Settings": { ... },
      "Virtual": boolean
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

DataProvider

The data provider that was created.

Type: DataProvider object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedFault

AWS DMS was denied access to the endpoint. Check that the role is correctly configured.

message

HTTP Status Code: 400

FailedDependencyFault

A dependency threw an exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceAlreadyExistsFault

The resource you are attempting to create already exists.

message
resourceArn

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceQuotaExceededFault

The quota for this resource quota has been exceeded.

message

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CreateDataProvider.

Sample Request


{
        "DataProviderName": "sqlServer-dev",
        "Engine": "sqlserver",
        "Description": "description",
        "Settings": {
                "MicrosoftSqlServerSettings": {
                        "ServerName": "ServerName2",
                        "Port": 11112,
                        "DatabaseName": "DatabaseName",
                        "SslMode": "none"
                }
        },
        "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "access",
                    "Value": "authorizedusers"
                } 
        ]
}