PowerShell Scripting to Replicate Impala Data to MySQL

The CData Cmdlets for Impala offer live access to Impala data from within PowerShell. Using PowerShell scripts, you can easily automate regular tasks like data replication. This article will walk through using the CData Cmdlets for Impala and the CData Cmdlets for MySQL in PowerShell to replicate Impala data to a MySQL database.

After obtaining the needed connection properties, accessing Impala data in PowerShell and preparing for replication consists of four basic steps.

In order to connect to Apache Impala, set the Server, Port, and ProtocolVersion. You may optionally specify a default Database. To connect using alternative methods, such as NOSASL, LDAP, or Kerberos, refer to the online Help documentation.

Collecting Impala Data

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module ApacheImpalaCmdlets

2. Connect to Impala:

   $apacheimpala = Connect-ApacheImpala -Server $Server -Port $Port

3. Retrieve the data from a specific resource:

   $data = Select-ApacheImpala -Connection $apacheimpala -Table "Customers"

   You can also use the Invoke-ApacheImpala cmdlet to execute pure SQL-92 statements:

   $data = Invoke-ApacheImpala -Connection $apacheimpala -Query 'SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = @Country' -Params @{'@Country'='US'}

4. Save a list of the column names from the returned data.

   $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name

Inserting Impala Data into the MySQL Database

With the data and column names collected, you are ready to replicate the data into a MySQL database.

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module MySQLCmdlets

2. Connect to MySQL, using the server address and port of the MySQL server, valid user credentials, and a specific database with the table in which the data will be replicated:

   $mysql = Connect-MySQL -User $User -Password $Password -Database $Database -Server $Server -Port $Port

3. Loop through the Impala data, store the values, and use the Add-MySQL cmdlet to insert the data into the MySQL database, one row at a time. In this example, the table will need to have the same name as the Impala resource (Customers) and to exist in the database.

   $data | % { $row = $_ $values = @() $columns | % { $col = $_ $values += $row.$($col) } Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "Customers" -Columns $columns -Values $values }

You have now replicated your Impala data to a MySQL database. This gives you freedom to work with Impala data in the same way that you work with other MySQL tables, whether that is performing analytics, building reports, or other business functions.

Notes

• Once you have connected to Impala and MySQL in PowerShell, you can pipe command results to perform the replication in a single line:

  Select-ApacheImpala -Connection $apacheimpala -Table "Customers" | % { $row = $_ $values = @() $columns | % { $col = $_ $values += $row.$($col) } Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "Customers" -Columns $columns -Values $values }

• If you wish to replicate the Impala data to another database using another PowerShell module, you will want to exclude the Columns, Connection, and Table columns from the data returned by the Select-ApacheImpala cmdlet since those columns are used to help pipe data from one CData cmdlet to another:

  $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name | ? {$_ -NotIn @('Columns','Connection','Table')}