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Product overview
Cloud SQL editions overview
Cloud SQL for MySQL features
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Get started
Try out Cloud SQL using a free trial instance
Quickstart: Create and query a database in the Cloud Console
Create an instance in a private network and then import a database
Connect from a Cloud Service
Quickstart: Connect from Cloud Shell
Quickstart: Connect from Cloud Run
Quickstart: Connect from Google Kubernetes Engine
Quickstart: Connect from App Engine standard environment
Quickstart: Connect from App Engine flexible environment
Quickstart: Connect from Compute Engine
Quickstart: Connect using private IP
Quickstart: Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth proxy
Quickstart: Connect from your local computer
Plan and prepare
Overview
Choose a Cloud SQL edition
Choose a machine series
Choose a storage option
Region availability
Data cache overview
Create and manage
Instances
Create instances
Edit instances
Clone instances
Start, stop, and restart instances
Label instances
Delete instances
Prevent deletion of an instance
Supported instance settings
View instance information
Configure database flags
Manage instance locations
Manage connectivity tests
Manage capacity
About storage shrink
Shrink instance storage capacity
Manage maintenance updates
Maintenance updates on instances
View and set maintenance windows
Perform self-service maintenance
Upgrade
Upgrade overview
In place instance upgrades
Upgrade edition and infrastructure
Upgrade an instance to the new network architecture
Database version upgrades
Upgrade the database major version
Troubleshoot in-place major version upgrade to MySQL 8.0
Known issues in MySQL 8.0 minor versions
Upgrade the database minor version
Upgrade using data migration
Upgrade using Database Migration Service and IP allowlists
Upgrade using Database Migration Service and VPC peering
Upgrade the database major version by migrating data
Use best practices
General best practices
Operational guidelines
Databases
Create and manage databases
Update the character set and collation for a database
Execute SQL statements using the Cloud SQL Data API
Users
About MySQL users
Cloud SQL built-in database authentication
Manage users with built-in authentication
Cloud SQL Studio
Manage your data using Cloud SQL Studio
Write SQL with Gemini Assistance
Manage your resources using Knowledge Catalog
Secure and control access
Overview
About access control
Data residency overview
Use Secret Manager to handle secrets in Cloud SQL
Parameterized secure views
Overview
Use parameterized secure views
Organization policies
Cloud SQL organization policies
Add predefined organization policies
Add custom organization policies
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
IAM authentication
Workforce Identity Federation authentication
Roles and permissions
Use IAM Conditions
Configure instances for IAM database authentication
Manage users with IAM database authentication
Log in using IAM database authentication
Fine-grained access control with tags
Access control with Google Cloud tags
Attach and manage tags on Cloud SQL instances
Use encryption
About client-side encryption
About customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Use Cloud SQL regional endpoints
Configure VPC Service Controls
Use Cloud SQL brute-force protection
Connect
Choose how to connect to Cloud SQL
Authorize with authorized networks
Connect to an instance using public IP
Configure public IP
Connect to an instance using private IP
Learn about using private IP
Configure private IP
Configure private services access
Connect to an instance using a write endpoint
Private Service Connect overview
Configure Private Service Connect
Configure DNS in Private Service Connect
Configure both private services access and Private Service Connect
Connect to your instance across Multiple VPCs
Connect using SSL/TLS certificates
Authorize with SSL/TLS certificates
Configure SSL/TLS certificates
Manage SSL/TLS certificates
Use a customer-managed certificate authority (CA)
Set up a custom DNS name
Connect using Cloud SQL Language Connectors
Cloud SQL Language Connectors overview
Connect using the Cloud SQL Language Connectors
Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
About the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Connect using Cloud SQL Proxy Operator
Use Managed Connection Pooling
Managed Connection Pooling overview
Configure Managed Connection Pooling
Connect from applications
Connect using a MySQL client
Connect from Cloud Run
Connect from Cloud Functions
Connect from App Engine (Standard)
Use phpMyAdmin on App Engine
Use phpMyAdmin on Cloud Run
Connect from App Engine (Flexible)
Connect from Compute Engine
Connect from Kubernetes Engine
Connect from Cloud Build
Manage database connections
Connect from other MySQL tools
Connect to an instance from outside its VPC
Replicate
About replication in Cloud SQL
Create and manage replicas
Create read replicas
Manage read replicas
Create and manage indexes on read replicas
Promote replicas for regional migration or disaster recovery
Replication lag
Create and manage read pools
About read pools
Create a read pool
Read pool autoscaling
Configure external replicas
