## Overview

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> [!NOTE]
> - This lab only supports Chrome browser.

In this lab, you add TiCDC to an existing TiDB cluster using TiUP and create a replication task from the TiDB to the MySQL, then remove the TiCDC node. The following shows the deployment topology diagram of TiDB cluster.

![60%](https://lab-static.pingcap.com/quick-demo/TiDBClusterDeploymentTopologyExercisewithTiCDC_aa_003_20230301.png)

The TiCDC is used for replicating incremental data of upstream TiDB instance to downstream databases which is a MySQL instance. The following shows the topology diagram of `TiCDC`.

![60%](https://lab-static.pingcap.com/quick-demo/TiCDCLabToplogy_aa_003_20220626.png)

> [!TIP]
> Click **Start** to launch the lab environment.
> Once the environment is ready, the resources assigned to your hands-on session will be populated with the actual values, so you can follow the lab guide step-by-step to complete the practice.