nodeJS app cannot connect to google MySQL data instance - mysql

Question

I hosted a nodeJS application in google console under a paid account. When i tried to connect my nodeJS app to MySQL db in localhost server it is working but once i configured it to work in google cloud console it says can't connect to database. I successfully created a google SQL instance and sure about user name and password as i can connect to database via cloud console.
i referred to many tutorials in the internet and couldn't get a way....
var con = mysql.createConnection({
host: 'localhost',
user: 'root',
password: '1234',
database: 'test'
});
con.connect(function(error){
if(error){
console.log('error');
}
else{
console.log('connected');
}
});

Answer 1

Since this question is tagged with google-app-engine, I assume it is the product you are using to deploy your application. In this case:
App Engine uses a Unix socket to connect to a Cloud SQL instance, because of that you need to pass the instance's connection name, like in the example below:
var con = mysql.createConnection({
host: "localhost",
socketPath: "/cloudsql/<PROJECT_ID>:<REGION>:<SQL_INSTANCE_NAME>",
user: "root",
password: "secret"
});
con.connect(function(err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Connected!");
});
You can actually test that by running the cloud_sql_proxy locally and connecting through the unix socket. The Using Cloud SQL for MySQL tutorial explains how to do that.
EDIT:
In case you are using App Engine Flex, it is also important to set the correct beta_settings on your app.yaml like in the example below:
beta_settings:
# The connection name of your instance, available by using
# 'gcloud beta sql instances describe [INSTANCE_NAME]' or from
# the Instance details page in the Google Cloud Platform Console.
cloud_sql_instances: YOUR_INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME

Answer 2

Your local machine sql server can't be connected to the google console as it is not
exposed to the internet.You should host your mssql db in some platform and then you
can connect with that in google console