Overview

MySQL database deployed with the official Docker image.

Start Command

The MySQL container deployed from this template is started with the command below, to disable Async IO, binary logging, and server events, which helps to reduce usage and cost:

docker-entrypoint.sh mysqld --innodb-use-native-aio=0 --disable-log-bin --performance_schema=0

How to use

Reference the MYSQL_URL variable to connect to the MySQL database (e.g. ${{MySQL.MYSQL_URL}}) from another service in your project.

Connecting externally

Connect to the database from outside Railway using the TCP Proxy.

In a terminal, for example:

mysql -h PROXY_DOMAIN -P PROXY_PORT -u root -p