Your searching for how to create a join across two databases on two different servers and it can’t be done directly.   select  d1.a, d2.b from db1@server1 join db2@server2 where db1.c = db2.c; does not work.

You learn about federated databases.  The federated storage engine allows accesses data in tables of remote databases.  Now how do you make it work?

1) Check if the federated storage engine is supported.  Federation is OFF by default!

mysql> show engines;
+------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Engine     | Support | Comment                                                        |
+------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| InnoDB     | YES     | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys     |
| MyISAM     | DEFAULT | Default engine as of …