Google Cloud PostgreSQL Destination Setup Guide

Follow our setup guide to connect Google Cloud PostgreSQL database as a destination to Fivetran.

Prerequisites

To connect Google Cloud PostgreSQL to Fivetran, you need the following:

PostgreSQL version 7.3 or above
Database host's IP (e.g., 1.2.3.4) or domain (your.server.com)
Port (usually 5432)
A Fivetran role with the Create Destinations or Manage Destinations permissions

Setup instructions

Choose connection method

IMPORTANT: Do not perform this step if you want to use Hybrid Deployment for your data pipeline.

Decide whether to connect to your Google Cloud PostgreSQL database directly, using an SSH tunnel, or using Google Cloud Private Service Connect. For more information, see our destination connection options documentation.

Connect directly

If you connect directly, you must create a rule in a security group that allows Fivetran access to your database instance and port.

Configure your firewall and/or other access control systems to allow:

incoming connections to your host and port (usually 5432) from Fivetran's IPs for your database's region
outgoing connections from all ports (1024 to 65535) to Fivetran's IPs

Connect using an SSH tunnel

If you connect using an SSH tunnel, Fivetran connects to a separate server in your network that provides an SSH tunnel to your Google Cloud PostgreSQL database. You must then configure your tunnel server's security group to allow Fivetran access and configure the instance's security to allow access from the tunnel.

You must connect through SSH if your database is contained within an inaccessible subnet.

To connect using SSH, do the following:

In the destination setup form, select the Connect via an SSH tunnel option.
Copy Fivetran's public SSH key.
Add the public key to the authorized_keys file of your SSH server. The key must be all on one line, so make sure that you don't introduce any line breaks when cutting and pasting.

Connect using Google Cloud Private Service Connect

Google Cloud Private Service Connect allows VPCs and Google-hosted or on-premises services to communicate with one another without exposing traffic to the public internet. Learn more in Google Cloud's Private Service Connect documentation.

Follow our Google Cloud Private Service Connect setup guide to configure Private Link for your destination.

Allow Fivetran access

Log in to your Google Cloud Platform dashboard.
In the left navigation menu, select SQL.
In the Instances window, find the database you want to connect to Fivetran.
Click the menu button (represented as three vertical dots) for that database and select Edit.
On the Edit instance page, select Connectivity.
Click + Add network.
In the Name field, enter a memorable name. For example, Fivetran.
In the Network field, enter Fivetran's IPs.
Click Done and then click Close.
Click Save.

Create Fivetran user

Connect to your Google Cloud PostgreSQL database and execute the following query to create a user for Fivetran. Choose a memorable username (for example, fivetran). Replace <password> with a password of your choice:
```
CREATE USER fivetran PASSWORD <password>;
```
Execute the following query to grant the fivetran user the following privileges:
- CREATE: Allows the user to create new schemas in the database
- TEMPORARY: Allows the user to create temporary tables while using the database
```
GRANT CREATE, TEMPORARY ON DATABASE <database> TO fivetran;
```

Complete Fivetran configuration

Log in to your Fivetran account.
Go to the Destinations page and click Add destination.
Enter a Destination name of your choice and then click Add.
Select Google Cloud PostgreSQL as the destination type.
(Enterprise and Business Critical accounts only) Choose your deployment model:
- SaaS Deployment
- Hybrid Deployment
If you choose Hybrid Deployment, select an existing Hybrid Deployment Agent in the Select an exising agent drop-down menu or configure a new agent.
NOTE: For more information about configuring a new agent, see our Hybrid Deployment setup guides.
(Not applicable to Hybrid Deployment) Choose your Connection method:
- Connect directly
- Connect via an SSH
- Connect via PrivateLink
NOTE: The Connect via PrivateLink option is available only for Business Critical accounts.
(Not applicable to Hybrid Deployment) If you choose Connect via an SSH tunnel, enter the following details:
- SSH Host
- SSH Port
- SSH User
- (Optional) Enable the Require TLS through tunnel toggle if you want to use TLS.
Enter the Host name or the IP address of the database server.
Enter the Port number. For example, 5432.
Enter the User name you created in Step 2.
Enter your Password.
Enter the Database name you want to replicate to.
(Not applicable to Hybrid Deployment) Choose the Data processing location. Depending on the plan you are on and your selected cloud service provider, you may also need to choose a Cloud service provider and cloud region as described in our Destinations documentation.
IMPORTANT: If you are using Google Cloud Private Service Connect, select GCP in the Cloud service provider drop-down menu.
Choose your Time zone.
(Optional for Business Critical accounts and not applicable to Hybrid Deployment) To enable regional failover To enable regional failover, set the Use Failover toggle to ON, and then select your Failover Location and Failover Region. Make a note of the IP addresses of the secondary region and safelist these addresses in your firewall.
Click Save & Test.

Fivetran tests and validates the Google Cloud PostgreSQL destination connection. On successful completion of the setup tests, you can sync your data using Fivetran connectors to the Google Cloud PostgreSQL destination.

In addition, Fivetran automatically configures a Fivetran Platform Connector to transfer the connector logs and account metadata to a schema in this destination. The Fivetran Platform Connector enables you to monitor your connectors, track your usage, and audit changes. The connector sends all these details at the destination level.

IMPORTANT:
If you are an Account Administrator, you can manually add the Fivetran Platform Connector on an account level so that it syncs all the metadata and logs for all the destinations in your account to a single destination. If an account-level Fivetran Platform Connector is already configured in a destination in your Fivetran account, then we don't add destination-level Fivetran Platform Connectors to the new destinations you create.
If your PostgreSQL database uses pgbouncer as the connection pooler, make sure it pools the connections in session mode.

Setup tests

Fivetran performs the following Google Cloud PostgreSQL connection tests:

The SSH Tunnel Test validates the SSH tunnel details you provided in the setup form and then checks the connectivity to the instance using the SSH Tunnel if you are connecting using an SSH tunnel.
The Database Host Connection Test validates the database credentials you provided in the setup form. The test verifies that the host is not private and then checks the connectivity to the host.
The Certificate Validation Test generates a pop-up window where you must choose which certificate you want Fivetran to use. The test then validates that certificate and checks that we can connect to your database using TLS. We skip this test if you're connecting using a Google Cloud Virtual Machine
The Permission Test checks that we have the correct permissions to create schemas and tables in your database.
NOTE: The tests may take a couple of minutes to finish running.

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