Configure Your MySQL Database

Configure a Database Capsule in the Details tab of the Capsule dashboard.

View Connection Details

The Details tab provides connection details for a Database Capsule.

Click show in the Connection Details section to view database credentials:

• Host
• Port
• Database name
• Username
• Password
• Connection string

Connect from Your Local Machine

MySQL Capsules are not publicly accessible. To connect from your laptop—for example, to run SQL or check your server version—open a secure tunnel with the Code Capsules CLI and connect with the mysql client. See Connect Locally for the full workflow, client installation, and examples.

Edit Capsule Name

To change the name of the Capsule, click Edit next to the Capsule name in the Capsule Details section.

Configure MySQL Settings

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These settings are only available for MySQL Capsules.

Additional MySQL configuration is available in the Config tab of MySQL Capsules.

Set SQL Modes

In the MySQL Configuration section, click Edit to select SQL modes for your MySQL server.

SQL modes determine how MySQL handles queries and data validation. Common options include:

• STRICT_TRANS_TABLES - Enables strict mode for transactional tables
• NO_ZERO_DATE - Prevents the use of invalid date values
• ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY - Requires GROUP BY to list all selected columns

Set MySQL Version

In the MySQL Configuration section, you can select the MySQL server version for your Capsule.

Supported major versions are 5.7 and 8.0. Major version upgrades must be done one step at a time (for example, 5.7 to 8.0).

See MySQL Versions for supported versions and upgrade paths.