how can i access mysql on kubernetes cluster? - mysql

Question

I have deployed MySQL in my Kubernetes cluster. It works like fine. But I am not aware of how to access or connect MySQL service to other applications. I found that MySQL deployment is not browser-supported.
when I call the MySQL server on the browser using IP:nodeport, I found the following error
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I can access MySQL server through Kubernetes dashboard's pod shell using MySQL user and password

Answer 1

You can try deploying the MySQL client on Kubernetes and connect using it.
MySQL client like : Adminer, phpMyadmin etc
Adminer example :
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: adminer
labels:
app: adminer
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: adminer
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: adminer
spec:
containers:
- name: adminer
image: adminer:4.6.3
ports:
- containerPort: 8080
env:
- name: ADMINER_DESIGN
value: "pappu687"
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: adminer-svc
spec:
selector:
app: adminer
ports:
- protocol: TCP
port: 8080
targetPort: 8080
You can expose this deployment with service type Nodeport or Port forwarding.
kubectl port-forward svc/adminer-svc 8080:8080
Open the localhost:8080
Once the service is exposed you can access the UI in the browser and from there you can access the MySQL database over the service name.
Read more about adminer : https://www.adminer.org/