I just wanted to ask if we can access an external MySQL server from Google App Engine...
The only way to communicate with other hosts is by using UrlFetch that only provides HTTP and HTTPS requests.
So, you can't do it out of the box.
Anyway, if you really need to access an external MySQL server database, you should consider to expose it through a Web API (RESTful, Soap web-services for example).
In this way your data would be available also via UrlFetch.
I am still in the learning phase of all this, but I am fairly certain you can do this now a few ways:
Link Apps Scripts to App Engine and use the JDBC
Link it to Google
Cloud SQL Store your SQL database on Google Cloud Store
Connect Apps Scripts via spreadsheet scripting
"Google Apps Script has the ability to make connections to databases via JDBC with the Jdbc Service. The current support extends to MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. Apps Script makes it easy to connect to databases hosted on Google Cloud SQL, but also works with other cloud hosting platforms and even local databases." https://developers.google.com/apps-script/jdbc
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It is still not possible to native connect GAE to an external MySQL server the only exception is Googles Cloud SQL. We are using it in our production environment and like the experience. Stable and the performance is good.
GAEs own database scales well and we are using it in most situations, but in cases where we need to ask more complex questions or need aggregate functions, we use Googles Cloud SQl.
These answers are a bit outdated. Google App Engine instances can connect to external database servers.
The ability to connect externally requires that the account the App Engine is running under be a "paid account" a/k/a "billing enabled".
References:
-https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/using-third-party-databases
-https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/runtime#PHP_Functions_that_requires_billing_enabled
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I will create a mobile app for Android and iOS. The purpose of the app is to access just a segment of the MySQL database, that part is for customers (the rest of the database is used by employees via my web application).
Is there a way the for FlutterFlow app to access MySQL database instead of FireBase Storage? If not, what are the alternatives?
Though flutterflow has default integration with Firebase firestore database,
below 2 approaches can be used.
API integration approach can be used to use MYSQL database.
Please refer below flow:
You can have backend Server which will host the API.
This backend server will have integration with MYSQL DB
API's will be consumed in flutterflow app
https://docs.flutterflow.io/data-and-backend/api-calls
Custom code approach (Though have not used it before)
https://docs.flutterflow.io/customizing-your-app/manage-custom-code-in-github
Last week I tried to setup Google Cloud for a NodeJS API and Cloud SQL database. Overall it works fine, but I can't access my Cloud SQL database. The authorization of the SQL database shows that all apps within the current project are granted to access the database. Unfortunality, this is not true. I need to granted the IP addresses of the instances from the App Engine. The IP adressess of the instances constantly changes after I deploy a newer version of the the API.
Does anybody have a solution to get access from the App Engine to the Cloud SQL database. It's very annoying to add constant the instance ip address to grant the database.
Sample here
Thank you in advance!
Jelle
I was going to suggest to assign a static IP to the app engine, but seems like it's not possible in App engine (it's possible in compute engine though). So lets tackle the root of the problem, you being unable to access cloud sql from App engine, are you sure you followed the instructions of the following link to the letter?
https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/using-cloud-sql
This might solve your connection issue if you haven't.
BACKGROUND-
I am planning to make a website that will accept data from users to store them in a database(MySQL).The website would be served from google cloud servers.I have installed MAMP on my mac for web development.
PROBLEM-
Google cloud services also provide Cloud SQL.Now I have a few doubts-
1)Once I finish designing my website on MAMP and want to deploy it on cloud servers I would have database settings of my local machine.Does this mean that before putting it on cloud and in order to use Cloud SQL as database I would have to change code on back-end side that specifies database settings?If yes then how tedious is it to do so?(Changing database from testing environment from MySQL to deployment environment Cloud SQL).
2)Also is there a way to use cloud and not use Cloud SQL?
3)What else combination can be chosen with database to deploy website on cloud?
Usually changing the database needs huge efforts(testing and some config changes) as all the databases provide many additional features which doesn't work directly on another database.
You can use Cloud(Cloud SQL is just part of it).
But the Cloud SQL is mysql only as per the information given on the below link by google
https://cloud.google.com/products/
So, it should not be a big deal for you to migrate the project to cloud from your local system. Only you have to configure the connection details(it will not be simply localhost).
I am trying to connect to google cloud sql instance from eclipse in my app engine connected android project.
So far i am able to connect to cloud sql instance using Class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"). But it requires authorising my ip address in google cloud sql every time i want to use the instance hence making it unfeasible.
I know that while connecting from app engine i dont need to authorize my ip address. Bur for that i have to use GoogleDriver ie. Class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.GoogleDriver").
But when i run my code it gives me ClassNotFoundException.
I am stuck at this situation for a long time. Please give me a proper solution to the problem
The GoogleDriver is only intended to be used when actually running on App Engine. When running from eclipse or the dev_appserver you will have to use the stock com.mysql.jdbc.Driver class, and you will have to authorize your IP address. A good example of this is shown in the documentation, which demonstrates how to choose in code which driver to use. Note the commented out line for connecting from your dev environment to Cloud SQL.
As an FYI don't forget to enable the connector for running on App Engine.
I have authorised 0.0.0.0/0 in access control in my cloud instance and now all the devices are able to connect to the cloud instance with stock mysql driver ie. com.mysql.jdbc.Driver without need to changing authorised network again and again in access control.
Still can't figure out to implement GoogleDriver but for now this solution will work.
If anyone find a more better and general way to connect to cloud instance please post your answer.
I am developing a GWT project that is hosted in GAE, and I would like to use an external MySQL database for persistence, instead of Datastore. Is it possible to do this? Is it compatible with RequestFactory?
Thanks
GAE offers the ability to use Google Cloud SQL instead of the High Replication Datastore.
RequestFactory does not make assumptions about the datastore you are using so there should not be any problem using it with Google Cloud SQL. You can also use both at the same time.
You cannot connect to a database server hosted anywhere else, unless you would create an interface that works on the HTTP level... which sounds like a really bad idea for several reasons.