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Export and Import Data Sources and Task Configuration of Clusters

config command is used to export and import data sources and task configuration of clusters.

» help config Commands to import/export config Usage: dmctl config [command] Available Commands: export Export the configurations of sources and tasks. import Import the configurations of sources and tasks. Flags: -h, --help help for config Global Flags: -s, --source strings MySQL Source ID. Use "dmctl config [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Export the data source and task configuration of clusters

You can use export command to export the data source and task configuration of clusters to specified files.

config export [--dir directory]

Parameter explanation

  • dir:
    • optional
    • specifies the file path for exporting
    • the default value is ./configs

Returned results

config export -d /tmp/configs
export configs to directory `/tmp/configs` succeed

import the data source and task configuration of clusters

You can use import command to import the data source and task configuration of clusters from specified files.

config import [--dir directory]

Parameter explanation

  • dir:
    • optional
    • specifies the file path for importing
    • the default value is ./configs

Returned results

config import -d /tmp/configs
start creating sources start creating tasks import configs from directory `/tmp/configs` succeed