Start External primary instance migration.
HTTP request
POST https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/startExternalSync
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
project
|
ID of the project that contains the instance. |
instance
|
Cloud SQL instance ID. This does not include the project ID. |
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "syncMode" : enum ( |
syncMode
enum (
ExternalSyncMode
)
External sync mode.
skipVerification
boolean
Whether to skip the verification step (VESS).
syncParallelLevel
enum (
ExternalSyncParallelLevel
)
Optional. Parallel level for initial data sync. Currently only applicable for MySQL.
migrationType
enum (
MigrationType
)
Optional. MigrationType configures the migration to use physical files or logical dump files. If not set, then the logical dump file configuration is used. Valid values are LOGICAL
or PHYSICAL
. Only applicable to MySQL.
Union field sync_config
.
sync_config
can be only one of the following:
mysqlSyncConfig
object (
MySqlSyncConfig
)
MySQL-specific settings for start external sync.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

