Chapter 4. Using MySQL with OpenShift Applications
This chapter presents a number of recipes that show you how to get started with the OpenShift MySQL database cartridge. You will learn how to add and manage the MySQL cartridge, how to take MySQL database backups, and how to use Amazon RDS MySQL support with OpenShift applications. The specific recipes within this chapter are:
- Adding a MySQL cartridge to your application
- Adding a phpMyAdmin cartridge to your application
- Accessing a MySQL database from your local machine
- Connecting to a MySQL cartridge from your local machine using MySQL Workbench
- Updating the MySQL max connections setting
- Updating the MySQL configuration settings
- Performing scheduled MySQL database backups
- Using an Amazon RDS MySQL DB instance with OpenShift
