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How to generate an Azure Database for MySQL connection string with PowerShell

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APPLIES TO: Azure Database for MySQL - Single Server

Important

Azure Database for MySQL single server is on the retirement path. We strongly recommend that you upgrade to Azure Database for MySQL flexible server. For more information about migrating to Azure Database for MySQL flexible server, see What's happening to Azure Database for MySQL Single Server?

This article demonstrates how to generate a connection string for an Azure Database for MySQL server. You can use a connection string to connect to an Azure Database for MySQL from many different applications.

Requirements

This article uses the resources created in the following guide as a starting point:

Get the connection string

The Get-AzMySqlConnectionString cmdlet is used to generate a connection string for connecting applications to Azure Database for MySQL. The following example returns the connection string for a PHP client from mydemoserver.

Get-AzMySqlConnectionString -Client PHP -Name mydemoserver -ResourceGroupName myresourcegroup

$con=mysqli_init();mysqli_ssl_set($con, NULL, NULL, {ca-cert filename}, NULL, NULL); mysqli_real_connect($con, "mydemoserver.mysql.database.azure.com", "myadmin@mydemoserver", {your_password}, {your_database}, 3306);

Valid values for the Client parameter include:

  • ADO.NET
  • JDBC
  • Node.js
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • WebApp

Next steps

Customize Azure Database for MySQL server parameters using PowerShell