MySQL Databases

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Introduction

These types of datasources represent the connection to a MySQL database.

Properties

MySQL Server Datasources have the following properties: This type of datasource has the following properties:

Name

Description
Name The name of this datasource. This does not have to be the name of the database on the MySQL instance.
Host The host (i.e. the IP address or computer name including the instance name) of the MySQL instance to connect to.
Use Custom Port When this setting is enabled, a custom provided port will be used to connect to the MySQL instance.
Custom Port The custom port used to connect to the MySQL instance. This property is only applicable when Use Custom Port is enabled.
Type The type of credentials to use to connect to the MySQL instance.
Username TThe username or windows account name used to connect to the MySQL instance.
Password The password used to connect to the MySQL instance.
Database The name of the database to connect to.