Mysql and Nitrious IO - mysql

Question

I just created a rails box in Nitrous IO. Rails boxes come predefined to use sqlite3 but I want to use mysql2. Since I can't use mysql from the box because it fires up an error that it can't connect to a socket, they can connect the box to a free database service in Heroku. I created an account in Heroku, and logged in from my box to heroku. I am having problems linking the database (cleardb) to the rails box in NitrousIO, since they only show procedure to link a postgres db.
My database.yml file has the following:
development:
adapter: mysql2
encoding: utf8
database: testdb_development
pool: 5
username: root
password:
host: localhost

Answer 1

Did you already configure the development settings within the database.yml file? You will need to change the host, username, and password fields which you listed above to match the settings of your cleardb.
Here is another post which states how to retrieve your host database URL: Remote connect to clearDB heroku database
On the top corner click on Addons and then select ClearDB MySQL
Database. Once there, click on your database and choose the 'Endpoint
Information' tab. There you see your username/password. The URL to the
database can be acquired by running heroku config --app
In my case, it was something like:
mysql://user:pass#us-cdbr-east.cleardb.com/TABLE?reconnect=true What
you need is this part: us-cdbr-east.cleardb.com

Answer 2

[Update January 2014]
Boxes should use Autoparts to manage packages / services like MySQL, Postgres, Redis, etc...
Please see this article for more information:
http://help.nitrous.io/mysql/