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Import the AdventureWorks sample database to Azure Arc-enabled PostgreSQL server

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AdventureWorks is a sample database containing an OLTP database used in tutorials, and examples. It's provided and maintained by Microsoft as part of the SQL Server samples GitHub repository.

An open-source project has converted the AdventureWorks database to be compatible with Azure Arc-enabled PostgreSQL server.

This document describes a simple process to get the AdventureWorks sample database imported into your Azure Arc-enabled PostgreSQL server.

Note

As a preview feature, the technology presented in this article is subject to Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews.

The latest updates are available in the release notes.

Download the AdventureWorks backup file

Download the AdventureWorks .sql file into your PostgreSQL server container. In this example, we'll use the kubectl exec command to remotely execute a command in the PostgreSQL server container to download the file into the container. You could download this file from any location accessible by curl. Use this same method if you have other database back up files you want to pull in the PostgreSQL server container. Once it's in the PostgreSQL server container, it's easy to create the database, schema, and populate the data.

Run a command like this to download the files replace the value of the pod name and namespace name before you run it:

Note

Your container will need to have Internet connectivity over 443 to download the file from GitHub.

Note

Use the pod name of the Coordinator node of the PostgreSQL server. Its name is <server group name>c-0 (for example postgres01c-0, where c stands for Coordinator node). If you are not sure of the pod name run the command kubectl get pod

kubectl exec <PostgreSQL pod name> -n <namespace name> -c postgres  -- /bin/bash -c "cd /tmp && curl -k -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/azure_arc/main/azure_arc_data_jumpstart/cluster_api/capi_azure/arm_template/artifacts/AdventureWorks2019.sql"

#Example:
#kubectl exec postgres02-0 -n arc -c postgres -- /bin/bash -c "cd /tmp && curl -k -O hthttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/azure_arc/main/azure_arc_data_jumpstart/cluster_api/capi_azure/arm_template/artifacts/AdventureWorks2019.sql"

Import the AdventureWorks database

Similarly, you can run a kubectl exec command to use the psql CLI tool that is included in the PostgreSQL server containers to create and load the database.

Run a command like this to create the empty database first substituting the value of the pod name and the namespace name before you run it.

kubectl exec <PostgreSQL pod name> -n <namespace name> -c postgres -- psql --username postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE "adventureworks";'

#Example
#kubectl exec postgres02-0 -n arc -c postgres -- psql --username postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE "adventureworks";'

Then, run a command like this to import the database substituting the value of the pod name and the namespace name before you run it.

kubectl exec <PostgreSQL pod name> -n <namespace name> -c postgres -- psql --username postgres -d adventureworks -f /tmp/AdventureWorks.sql

#Example
#kubectl exec postgres02-0 -n arc -c postgres -- psql --username postgres -d adventureworks -f /tmp/AdventureWorks.sql

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