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AWS Aurora MySQL to Ldap integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap 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 AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap

Keep AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap in step: the rows in your database and the Person entries (inetOrgPerson / user), Groups (groupOfNames / posixGroup), Organizational units (ou), Attributes your engineering tools track stay consistent in real time, in both directions.

AWS Aurora MySQL is where your application's durable data lives; Ldap is where engineering and operations teams track the issues, events, messages, or identities that run alongside it. The two overlap constantly, a row should open a ticket, an alert should land as a record, a user in one should exist in the other, but bridging them today means per-tool integration code: auth, webhooks, pagination, rate limits, and retries, built and maintained separately for every tool.

Stacksync syncs Databases (schemas), Tables, Rows, Columns in AWS Aurora MySQL with Person entries (inetOrgPerson / user), Groups (groupOfNames / posixGroup), Organizational units (ou), Attributes in Ldap field by field, in real time, and in both directions. You decide which system owns which fields; Stacksync keeps every copy consistent and resolves conflicts by rules you set, so the database and the tooling around it never drift apart.

Common use cases

  • 01 Give backend services read and write access to ERP or billing data by syncing it into Aurora tables the application already queries.
  • 02 Stream row changes from Aurora into SaaS tools via binlog CDC instead of scheduled batch exports.
  • 03 Two-way sync person and group entries between an LDAP directory (OpenLDAP or AD DS) and an HRIS or Postgres so joiners, movers, and leavers provision and deprovision automatically.
  • 04 Write user entries and group memberships into an LDAP directory from an HR system of record to drive downstream application access.

Common sync patterns

React to changes on either side in near real time

Updates in Ldap arrive as row changes in AWS Aurora MySQL, and writes to AWS Aurora MySQL propagate to Ldap within seconds, so triggers, jobs, and alerts fire without polling.

Where Ldap manages users or groups: keep identity aligned

Directory and identity records in Ldap stay matched to the users or owners table in AWS Aurora MySQL, so provisioning and de-provisioning flow from one source.

Turn rows into the records your tools track

A new or changed row in AWS Aurora MySQL creates or updates the matching record in Ldap, whether that is an issue, an event, a message, or a user, so the tool reflects the database without a custom API job.

What you can sync between AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap

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.

AWS Aurora MySQL objects Ldap objects How this pairing syncs
Primary keys and indexes Used to match rows across systems and keep incremental syncs efficient. Operational attributes Server-maintained metadata such as modifyTimestamp, createTimestamp, entryUUID, entryCSN, and uSNChanged; read to drive incremental polling and to key entries stably across syncs. Primary keys and indexes is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Operational attributes to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views Can serve as read-only sync sources for derived or filtered datasets. Schema (subschema subentry) The objectClass and attribute-type definitions the server exposes; read to validate that written attributes exist and are single- or multi-valued as expected. Views is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Schema (subschema subentry) to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Foreign keys Express relationships that syncs preserve when mapping to related objects elsewhere. Entries The fundamental unit of an LDAP directory, each addressed by a distinguished name (DN) and typed by its objectClass; synced two-way as records, with the DN driving upserts and attribute-level updates. Foreign keys is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Entries to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Stored procedures and triggers Existing database logic keeps firing on rows written by a sync. Person entries (inetOrgPerson / user) People held under objectClasses such as inetOrgPerson, person, or Active Directory user; synced two-way to create accounts and update attributes like mail, cn, and telephoneNumber. Stored procedures and triggers is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Person entries (inetOrgPerson / user) to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Databases (schemas) Logical namespaces that scope which tables a sync connection can see. Groups (groupOfNames / posixGroup) Group entries whose member or uniqueMember attributes list DNs; synced two-way to add and remove membership as teams and entitlements change. Databases (schemas) is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Groups (groupOfNames / posixGroup) to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables The primary sync unit; each table maps one-to-one to a table or object in the paired system. Organizational units (ou) Container entries that structure the DIT and scope which subtree a sync reads or writes; used to limit a sync to a branch such as ou=People,dc=corp,dc=com. Tables is specific to AWS Aurora MySQL and Organizational units (ou) to Ldap — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

AWS Aurora MySQL Ldap Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in AWS Aurora MySQL are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Log-based CDC via the MySQL binary log (binlog), with polling on timestamp columns as a fallback.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Ldap through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Ldap AWS Aurora MySQL Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Ldap for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. No universal native change feed.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to AWS Aurora MySQL as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Ldap: LDAP defines no request quota; throughput is bounded by the server's sizelimit and timelimit administrative limits, connection and thread caps, and the CPU/IO it shares with live authentication traffic, so large syncs can contend with production lookups and must page results.
What ships with AWS Aurora MySQL ⇄ Ldap

Connect AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every AWS Aurora MySQL–Ldap connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in AWS Aurora MySQL or Ldap instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever AWS Aurora MySQL or Ldap 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 AWS Aurora MySQL or Ldap record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your AWS Aurora MySQL ⇄ Ldap sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap.

How the AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap connectors work

AWS Aurora MySQL

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (MySQL-compatible), standard MySQL drivers and JDBC
Authentication
Database credentials, optionally AWS IAM database authentication, over TLS
Change detection
Log-based CDC via the MySQL binary log (binlog), with polling on timestamp columns as a fallback
Capabilities
read · write · CDC

Ldap

Integration surface
LDAPv3 protocol (RFC 4511) over TCP, typically LDAPS on port 636 or StartTLS on 389; reaches any LDAPv3 directory server - OpenLDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, 389 Directory Server, Oracle Unified Directory, PingDS/ForgeRock, NetIQ eDirectory, Apache Directory.
Authentication
A bind DN and password (simple bind), typically over TLS, using a service account with rights to the target subtree. SASL mechanisms - GSSAPI/Kerberos, DIGEST-MD5, or EXTERNAL with a client certificate - are available where the server supports them.
Change detection
No universal native change feed. Incremental sync polls the modifyTimestamp operational attribute (or entryCSN / uSNChanged on servers that expose them) for entries changed since the last cursor; detecting deletes needs a server changelog or tombstones because a plain search cannot see removed entries. Some servers add Persistent Search or RFC 4533 content-sync (syncrepl), but that support is server-specific. No webhooks.
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
LDAP defines no request quota; throughput is bounded by the server's sizelimit and timelimit administrative limits, connection and thread caps, and the CPU/IO it shares with live authentication traffic, so large syncs can contend with production lookups and must page results.
How it works

How to connect AWS Aurora MySQL to Ldap — 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 AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap 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
    AWS Aurora MySQL connected
    Ldap connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the AWS Aurora MySQL and Ldap 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 · AWS Aurora MySQL ⇄ Ldap
    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
    AWS Aurora MySQL Ldap
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
FAQ

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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

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