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 name
- Hostname or IP Address
- Port number
- Character Encoding
- Username and password
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
In a project Click Add to project > Connection. 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 Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections 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:
Analytics projects :
- AutoAI (Watson Machine Learning)
- DataStage (DataStage service)
- Metadata import (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
- Notebooks (Watson Studio). Use the insert-to-code function to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
- SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)
Catalogs
- Platform assets catalog
- Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the MySQL documentation for the correct syntax.
MySQL setup
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Parent topic: Supported connections