infisical/docs/integrations/app-connections/mysql.mdx

---
title: "MySQL Connection"
description: "Learn how to configure a MySQL Connection for Infisical."
---

Infisical supports connecting to MySQL using a database role.

## Configure a MySQL Role for Infisical

<Steps>
    <Step title="Create a Role">
        Infisical recommends creating a designated role in your MySQL database for your connection.
        ```SQL
        -- create user role
        CREATE USER 'infisical_role'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'my-password';
        ```
    </Step>
    <Step title="Grant Relevant Permissions">
       Depending on how you intend to use your MySQL connection, you'll need to grant one or more of the following permissions.
        <Tip>
            To learn more about MySQL's permission system, please visit their [documentation](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/grant.html).
        </Tip>
        <Tabs>
            <Tab title="Secret Rotation">
                For Secret Rotations, your Infisical user will require the ability to alter other users' passwords:
                ```SQL
                -- enable permissions to alter login credentials
                GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'infisical_role'@'%';

                -- Apply changes
                FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
                ```
            </Tab>
        </Tabs>
    </Step>
    <Step title="Get Connection Details">
        You'll need the following information to create your MySQL connection:
        - `host` - The hostname or IP address of your MySQL server
        - `port` - The port number your MySQL server is listening on (default: 3306)
        - `database` - The name of the specific database you want to connect to
        - `username` - The role name of the login created in the steps above
        - `password` - The role password of the login created in the steps above
        - `sslCertificate` (optional) - The SSL certificate required for connection (if configured)

        <Note>
            If you are self-hosting Infisical and intend to connect to an internal/private IP address, be sure to set the `ALLOW_INTERNAL_IP_CONNECTIONS` environment variable to `true`.
        </Note>
    </Step>
</Steps>

## Create Connection in Infisical

<Tabs>
    <Tab title="Infisical UI">
        1. Navigate to the App Connections tab on the Organization Settings page.
        ![App Connections Tab](/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png)

        2. Select the **MySQL Connection** option.
        ![Select MySQL Connection](/images/app-connections/mysql/select-mysql-connection.png)

        3. Select the **Username & Password** method option and provide the details obtained from the previous section and press **Connect to MySQL**.

        <Note>
            Optionally, if you'd like Infisical to manage the credentials of this connection, you can enable the Platform Managed Credentials option.
            If enabled, Infisical will update the password of the connection on creation to prevent external access to this database role.
        </Note>

        ![Create MySQL Connection](/images/app-connections/mysql/create-username-and-password-method.png)

        4. Your **MySQL Connection** is now available for use.
        ![Assume Role MySQL Connection](/images/app-connections/mysql/username-and-password-connection.png)
    </Tab>
    <Tab title="API">
        To create a MySQL Connection, make an API request to the [Create MySQL Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/mysql/create) API endpoint.

        <Note>
            Optionally, if you'd like Infisical to manage the credentials of this connection, you can set the `isPlatformManagedCredentials` option to `true`.
            If enabled, Infisical will update the password of the connection on creation to prevent external access to this database role.
        </Note>

        ### Sample request

        ```bash Request
        curl    --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/mysql \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "name": "my-mysql-connection",
            "method": "username-and-password",
            "isPlatformManagedCredentials": true,
            "credentials": {
                "host": "123.4.5.6",
                "port": 3306,
                "database": "default",
                "username": "infisical_role",
                "password": "my-password",
                "sslEnabled": true,
                "sslRejectUnauthorized": true
            },
        }'
        ```

        ### Sample response

        ```bash Response
        {
            "appConnection": {
                "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                "name": "my-mysql-connection",
                "version": 1,
                "orgId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                "app": "mysql",
                "method": "username-and-password",
                "isPlatformManagedCredentials": true,
                "credentials": {
                    "host": "123.4.5.6",
                    "port": 3306,
                    "database": "default",
                    "username": "infisical_role",
                    "sslEnabled": true,
                    "sslRejectUnauthorized": true
                }
            }
        }
        ```
    </Tab>
</Tabs>