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Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Source and target credentials, or file/storage access details
  • Network access from DBConvert Streams to your source and target systems

Install

Desktop

  1. Download your platform package from Install.
  2. Launch the app.

Docker / self-hosted

  1. Prepare a Linux host with Docker and Docker Compose.
  2. Follow the Docker deployment guide.
  3. Open the deployed UI and sign in.

Add and validate connections

Confirm the platform can reach your data before creating a stream.

  1. Add a source connection. See Connection Management for setup details.
  2. Add a target connection.
  3. Open the source in Data Explorer.
  4. Browse schemas, tables, or files to confirm visibility.
  5. Optionally, run a query in the SQL Console for deeper validation.

Connection passes when:

  • connection test succeeds
  • explorer lists the expected objects
  • a query returns expected rows

Run your first stream

  1. Open stream creation and select source and target connections.
  2. Pick a mode:
    • Load for one-time migration
    • CDC for continuous change replication
  3. Choose tables, schemas, files, or a custom query scope.
  4. Start the stream.
  5. Monitor progress in Observability.
  6. Verify target data matches the source.

Stream passes when:

  • stream starts without errors
  • progress metrics increase
  • target data matches expected scope

Next steps