Connecting to a Database

After your database is online, you can use any standard SQL client application to connect to the database.

Connecting to a database requires its fully-qualified distinguished name (FQDN), as well as the information that you specified in Database Configuration when you created the database: the database name, database server port number, and administrative user credentials.

Note: Specify the FQDN when you connect to a database.

Locating the Database Connection Parameters

You can find database information in the Database Summary tab:

1. Select Databases from the left navigation pane.

   This action displays the Databases view, a table that lists the provisioned databases.

2. Examine the databases listed in the table, and navigate to the database you want to access.

3. Click the database Instance Name.

   The database Summary tab displays, which includes the required connection parameter in the Basic Information pane:

   

4. Click COPY CONNECTION STRING to copy the database connection information.

PostgreSQL

Connecting to a PostgreSQL Database describes connecting specifics for PostgreSQL.

MySQL

Connecting to a MySQL Database describes connecting specifics for MySQL.