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Front to MariaDB integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Front and MariaDB 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 Front and MariaDB

Mirror Front's data into MariaDB so your own code can read and write it like any other table, with changes flowing both ways in seconds.

Syncing Front to MariaDB gives engineering and analytics teams an operational mirror of the shared inbox: Conversations, Messages, and Contacts land in relational Tables with Primary and Unique Keys enforced. Teams query support activity with SQL or feed it to internal apps instead of working through the Front API.

Stacksync mirrors Conversations, Messages, Comments, Contacts from Front into System-Versioned Tables, JSON Columns, Stored Procedures, Databases (Schemas) in MariaDB and keeps both sides in sync in real time. Your services query the database directly, and inserts or updates your code makes flow back into Front, so the tool and the database never disagree.

Common use cases

  • 01 Analysts compute response-time and volume metrics per Inbox with plain SQL Views.
  • 02 Internal tools read Front Accounts and Conversations from MariaDB instead of calling the Front API.
  • 03 Compliance reviews query System-Versioned Tables to see what a Message record looked like at a given date.
  • 04 Keep Front contacts and accounts aligned with CRM contacts and accounts in both directions.

Common sync patterns

Inbox mirror to SQL

Front Conversations, Messages, and Comments replicate into MariaDB Tables as they change.

Contact and account tables

Front Contacts and Accounts sync into keyed Tables ready to join with other schemas.

Change history via versioning

synced records land in System-Versioned Tables, preserving point-in-time state of each Conversation.

What you can sync between Front and MariaDB

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.

Front objects MariaDB objects How this pairing syncs
Inboxes Shared queues that conversations live in; used to segment reporting by team or channel. Views Read-side projections used as outbound sync sources. Inboxes is specific to Front and Views to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tags Labels applied to conversations; drive routing and category-level analytics. Columns Field-level mapping targets with engine-typed values. Tags is specific to Front and Columns to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Teammates Agents; used for ownership mapping and workload reporting. Primary and Unique Keys Match keys for idempotent upserts. Teammates is specific to Front and Primary and Unique Keys to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Channels Connected addresses (email, SMS, chat); define where messages originate and send from. System-Versioned Tables Temporal tables that retain row history natively, useful for auditing synced changes. Channels is specific to Front and System-Versioned Tables to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Conversations The central threaded unit that messages, comments, and tags attach to; synced for support analytics. JSON Columns Semi-structured payloads validated with JSON functions. Conversations is specific to Front and JSON Columns to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Messages Inbound and outbound emails, chats, and SMS within a conversation; read out for response-time reporting. Stored Procedures Server-side logic that can post-process synced rows. Messages is specific to Front and Stored Procedures to MariaDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Front and MariaDB

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.

Front MariaDB Sub-second propagation

DetectionFront notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Application webhooks and rule-triggered webhooks, with the events endpoint available for polling.

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

MariaDB Front Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in MariaDB are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing.

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

Rate-limit considerations

  • Front: Request limits vary by plan.
  • MariaDB: No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits and server resources.
What ships with Front ⇄ MariaDB

Connect Front and MariaDB for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Front–MariaDB connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Front or MariaDB instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Front or MariaDB 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 Front or MariaDB record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Front ⇄ MariaDB sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Front and MariaDB.

How the Front and MariaDB connectors work

Front

Integration surface
REST API (Core API)
Authentication
OAuth authorization via the Stacksync UI ("Connections" > "create new connection" > "Front" > "Authorize") — no coding required
Change detection
Application webhooks and rule-triggered webhooks, with the events endpoint available for polling
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Request limits vary by plan.
Front setup guide

MariaDB

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (MySQL-compatible client/server protocol)
Authentication
Database credentials (connection string or parameters), with optional SSL root certificate upload and optional SSH tunnel (SSH user + host)
Change detection
Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits and server resources
MariaDB setup guide
How it works

How to connect Front to MariaDB — 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 Front and MariaDB 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
    Front connected
    MariaDB connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Front and MariaDB 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 · Front ⇄ MariaDB
    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
    Front MariaDB
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

Front and MariaDB integration FAQ

SECURITY

Security teams trust 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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