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Amazon RDS to Databricks integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Amazon RDS and Databricks in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Amazon RDS and Databricks

Connect Amazon RDS and Databricks with one live, two-way sync: operational rows flow into the warehouse, and computed results flow back where systems can read them fast.

Operational databases and analytical warehouses want the same data at different moments. Analysts want Amazon RDS's rows in Databricks, current and joinable, without a change-data-capture pipeline to maintain. Engineers want the outputs of warehouse work, such as aggregates, features, and segments, available in Amazon RDS where the services that read from it get them at normal query latency.

Stacksync covers both directions with one connection. Tables or collections in Amazon RDS sync into Databricks in real time, and result tables in Databricks sync back into Amazon RDS, with schema and type mapping between the two systems handled for you.

Common use cases

  • Serve ML feature outputs computed in Databricks to production apps through a synced operational store.
  • Land CRM and ERP records in Delta tables continuously so lakehouse models work from current operational data.
  • Sync master data (customers, products, pricing) from an ERP into the RDS databases that power customer-facing apps
  • Use a read replica as the sync source to keep change capture load off the primary instance

Fresh analytics without loading windows

Because changes stream continuously, analysts query current data instead of waiting for last night's load.

Offload heavy reads

Point analytical queries at the synced copy in Databricks and keep Amazon RDS focused on its operational workload.

Operational data in the warehouse, minus the pipeline

Rows from Amazon RDS land in Databricks as they change, replacing hand-built CDC and batch extract jobs.

What you can sync between Amazon RDS and Databricks

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Amazon RDS objects Databricks objects
Schemas Namespaces within a database used to isolate synced tables. Catalogs Top level of the Unity Catalog namespace, scoping which schemas a sync can address.
Tables The core sync target; rows map to records in connected SaaS systems. Schemas Group tables and views; syncs typically target a dedicated schema per source system.
Views Read-side projections exposed to outbound syncs. Delta Tables The primary read and write target; operational data lands here as managed or external tables.
Columns Field-level mapping targets, typed per the underlying engine. Views Curated read-only projections used as sync sources for downstream tools.
Primary and Unique Keys Match keys for idempotent upserts. Materialized Views Precomputed results read on a schedule for reverse-ETL style syncs.
Read Replicas Low-impact read endpoints often used as the source side of a sync. Volumes Unity Catalog file storage used for staging bulk loads.
What ships with Amazon RDS ⇄ Databricks

Connect Amazon RDS and Databricks for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Amazon RDS–Databricks connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Amazon RDS or Databricks instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Amazon RDS or Databricks data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Amazon RDS or Databricks record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Amazon RDS ⇄ Databricks sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Amazon RDS and Databricks.

How the Amazon RDS and Databricks connectors work

Amazon RDS

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol of the chosen engine (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle)
Authentication
Database credentials over SSL/TLS, or IAM database authentication on supported engines
Change detection
Engine-native log-based CDC: MySQL/MariaDB binlog, PostgreSQL logical replication, SQL Server CDC; enabled through RDS parameter groups, with polling as a fallback
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput depends on instance class, storage IOPS, and connection limits

Databricks

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC via SQL warehouses, plus a REST API including statement execution
Authentication
Personal access tokens or OAuth machine-to-machine credentials for service principals
Change detection
Delta Lake Change Data Feed for row-level changes; otherwise incremental polling on watermark columns
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput depends on the SQL warehouse size; API calls are subject to workspace rate limits
How it works

How to connect Amazon RDS to Databricks — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Amazon RDS and Databricks with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Amazon RDS connected
    Databricks connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Amazon RDS and Databricks objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Amazon RDS ⇄ Databricks
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Amazon RDS Databricks
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

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Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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