The MySQL resource allows tasks to connect to a MySQL database. For a high level introduction to resources, see the Resources page.
Creating a MySQL Resource
To create a new MySQL resource, visit Resource settings for your team, click the "New" button, and select the MySQL resource type. Enter your connection details in the form:
Name should be a human-readable name for your resource. You'll use this name to later reference this resource in tasks.
Host should be the IP address or DNS name of your database. Unless you're connecting to this database behind a self-hosted agent (see Private Networking below), this should be the public IP address and/or the public DNS name of the database.
IP Whitelisting
If your database has restrictions on incoming network connections, you'll need to ensure the Airplane IP addresses are whitelisted:
34.121.89.145
34.68.100.27
34.72.182.225
Running Adhoc SQL Queries
Once you've set up a MySQL resource, you can run SQL queries from a session. You can try this be creating a new session (visiting this link will create one for you) and adding a SQL block. Output from queries are captured and displayed as a table:
Running SQL Tasks
You can use MySQL resources with (non-adhoc) SQL tasks. SQL tasks are similar to adhoc SQL queries, except you can define a structured query ahead of time and only allow users to specify limited parameters.
To connect to a database inside a private VPC, you can self-host the agent and run the agent within your own VPC. Since tasks and SQL queries run on agents, these tasks will run from within your network and be able to connect.