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---
title: 'Migrate from MySQL to Supabase'
description: 'Migrate your MySQL database to Supabase Postgres database.'
subtitle: 'Migrate your MySQL database to Supabase Postgres database.'
---
This guide aims to exhibit the process of transferring your MySQL database to Supabase's Postgres database. Supabase is a robust and open-source platform offering a wide range of backend features, including a Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs, edge functions, real-time subscriptions, and storage. Migrating your MySQL database to Supabase's Postgres enables you to leverage Postgres's capabilities and access all the features you need for your project.
## Retrieve your MySQL database credentials
Before you begin the migration, you need to collect essential information about your MySQL database. Follow these steps:
1. Log in to your MySQL database provider.
1. Locate and note the following database details:
- Hostname or IP address
- Database name
- Username
- Password
## Retrieve your Supabase host [#retrieve-supabase-host]
1. If you're new to Supabase, [create a project](/dashboard).
Make a note of your password, you will need this later. If you forget it, you can [reset it here](/dashboard/project/_/database/settings).
1. On your project dashboard, click [Connect](/dashboard/project/_?showConnect=true&method=session)
1. Under the Session pooler, click on the View parameters under the connect string. Note your Host (`$SUPABASE_HOST`).
![Finding Supabase host address](/docs/img/guides/resources/migrating-to-supabase/mysql/database-settings-host.png)
## Migrate the database
The fastest way to migrate your database is with the Supabase migration tool on
[Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/github/mansueli/Supa-Migrate/blob/main/Amazon_RDS_to_Supabase.ipynb).
Alternatively, you can use [pgloader](https://github.com/dimitri/pgloader), a flexible and powerful data migration tool that supports a wide range of source database engines, including MySQL and MS SQL, and migrates the data to a Postgres database. For databases using the Postgres engine, we recommend using the [`pg_dump`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html) and [psql](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html) command line tools, which are included in a full Postgres installation.
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scrollable
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queryGroup="migrate-method"
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<TabPanel id="colab" label="Migrate using Colab">
1. Select the Database Engine from the Source database in the dropdown
1. Set the environment variables (`HOST`, `USER`, `SOURCE_DB`,`PASSWORD`, `SUPABASE_URL`, and `SUPABASE_PASSWORD`) in the Colab notebook.
1. Run the first two steps in [the notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/mansueli/Supa-Migrate/blob/main/Amazon_RDS_to_Supabase.ipynb) in order. The first sets engine and installs the necessary files.
1. Run the third step to start the migration. This will take a few minutes.
</TabPanel>
<TabPanel id="MySQL" label="Migrate from MySQL with pgloader">
1. Install pgloader.
2. Create a configuration file (e.g., config.load).
For your destination, use your Supabase connection string with `Use connection pooling` enabled, and the mode set to `Session`. You can get the string from your [`Database Settings`](/dashboard/project/_/settings/general).
```sql
load database
from mysql://user:password@host/source_db
into postgres://postgres.xxxx:password@xxxx.pooler.supabase.com:5432/postgres
alter schema 'public' owner to 'postgres';
set wal_buffers = '64MB', max_wal_senders = 0, statement_timeout = 0, work_mem to '2GB';
```
3. Run the migration with pgloader
```bash
pgloader config.load
```
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</Tabs>
<$Partial path="migration_warnings.mdx" />
## Enterprise
[Contact us](https://forms.supabase.com/enterprise) if you need more help migrating your project.