Python Client for Cloud Database Migration Service API

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Cloud Database Migration Service API: makes it easier for you to migrate your data to Google Cloud. This service helps you lift and shift your MySQL and PostgreSQL workloads into Cloud SQL.

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

  1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.

  2. Enable billing for your project.

  3. Enable the Cloud Database Migration Service API.

  4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in avirtualenv using pip.virtualenv is a tool tocreate isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one ofdependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

Withvirtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing systeminstall permissions, and without clashing with the installed systemdependencies.

Code samples and snippets

Code samples and snippets live in the samples/ folder.

Supported Python Versions

Our client libraries are compatible with all currentactive andmaintenance versions ofPython.

Python >= 3.7

Unsupported Python Versions

Python <= 3.6

If you are using anend-of-lifeversion of Python, we recommend that you update as soon as possible to an actively supported version.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env>source <your-env>/bin/activate<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-dms

Windows

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env><your-env>\Scripts\activate<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-dms

Next Steps

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Last updated 2026-01-10 UTC.