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MySQL connection

To access your data in MySQL, create a connection asset for it.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.

Supported versions

MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.0+
MySQL Community Edition 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7

Create a connection to MySQL

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

Database (optional): If you do not enter a database name, you must enter the catalog name, schema name, and the table name in the properties for SQL queries.
Hostname or IP Address
Port number
Encoding (optional): The character encoding for your data. If not specified, the default character set of the database server is used. If you change the value, enter a valid character encoding, for example, UTF-8.
Username and password
SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

Select Server proxy to access the MySQL data source through a server proxy. Depending on its setup, a server proxy can provide load balancing, increased security, and privacy. The server proxy settings are independent of the authentication credentials and the personal or shared credentials selection. The server proxy settings cannot be stored in a vault.

Proxy hostname or IP address: The proxy URL. For example, https://proxy.example.com.
Server proxy port: The port number to connect to the proxy server. For example, 8080 or 8443.
The Proxy username and Proxy password fields are optional.

For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project: Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog: Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space: Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog: Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use MySQL connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

Data quality rules (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
Decision Optimization (watsonx.ai Studio and watsonx.ai Runtime)
Metadata enrichment (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
SPSS Modeler (watsonx.ai Studio)

Catalogs

Platform assets catalog
Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

Watson Query service: You can connect to this data source from Watson Query.

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the MySQL documentation for the correct syntax.

MySQL setup

MySQL Installation

Learn more

MySQL documentation

Parent topic: Supported connections