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Use CData Sync for automated, continuous, customizable Printify replication to Apache Cassandra.
Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Printify data into your Apache Cassandra instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.
Configure Cassandra as a Replication Destination
Using CData Sync, you can replicate Printify data to Apache Cassandra. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select Apache Cassandra as a destination.
Enter the necessary connection properties. CData Sync supports Basic authentication with login credentials and the additional authentication features of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Cassandra. The following sections detail connection properties your authentication method may require.
You need to set AuthScheme to the value corresponding to the authenticator configured for your system. You specify the authenticator in the authenticator property in the cassandra.yaml file. This file is typically found in /etc/dse/cassandra or through the DSE Unified Authenticator on DSE Cassandra.
Basic Authentication
Basic authentication is supported through Cassandra's built-in default PasswordAuthenticator.
- Set the AuthScheme property to 'BASIC' and set the User and Password properties.
- In the cassandra.yaml file, set the authenticator property to 'PasswordAuthenticator.'
Kerberos Authentication
Kerberos authentication is supported through DataStax Enterprise Unified Authentication.
- Set the AuthScheme property to 'KERBEROS' and set the User and Password properties.
- Set the KerberosKDC, KerberosRealm, and KerberosSPN properties.
- In the cassandra.yaml file, set the authenticator property to "com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth.DseAuthenticator."
- Modify the authentication_options section in the dse.yaml file, specifying the default_schema and other_schemas properties as 'kerberos.'
- Modify the kerberos_options section in the dse.yaml file, specifying the keytab, service_principle, http_principle and qop properties.
LDAP Authentication
LDAP authentication is supported through DataStax Enterprise Unified Authentication.
- Set the AuthScheme property to 'LDAP' and set the User and Password properties.
- In the cassandra.yaml file, set the authenticator property to "com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth.DseAuthenticator."
- Modify the authentication_options section in the dse.yaml file, specifying the default_schema and other_schemas properties as 'ldap.'
- Modify the ldap_options section in the dse.yaml file, specifying the server_host, server_port, search_dn, search_password, user_search_base, and user_search_filter properties.
Using PKI
You can specify a client certificate to authenticate CData Sync with SSLClientCert, SSLClientCertType, SSLClientCertSubject, and SSLClientCertPassword.
- Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure the Printify Connection
You can configure a connection to Printify from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Printify account, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select a source (Printify).
- Configure the connection properties.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Printify Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Profile.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Printify (see below).
Printify API Profile Settings
In order to authenticate to Printify, you'll need to provide your API Key. To get your API Key navigate to My Profile, then Connections. In the Connections section you will be able to generate your Personal Access Token (API Key) and set your Token Access Scopes. Personal Access Tokens are valid for one year. An expired Personal Access Token can be re-generated using the same steps after it expires. Set the API Key to your Personal Access Token in the ProfileSettings property to connect.
- Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure Replication Queries
CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.
Replicate Entire Tables
To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.
Customize Your Replication
You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.Schedule Your Replication
In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.
Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Printify data to Apache Cassandra.