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  • ABOUT APONO
    • Why Choose Apono
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  • GETTING STARTED
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    • Apono Integration Secret
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  • AWS ENVIRONMENT
    • AWS Overview
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      • Installing a connector on EKS Using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in AWS
      • Installing a connector on AWS ECS using Terraform
    • AWS Integrations
      • Integrate an AWS account or organization
        • Auto Discover AWS RDS Instances
        • AWS Best Practices
      • Amazon Redshift
      • RDS PostgreSQL
      • AWS RDS MySQL
      • Integrate with EKS
      • AWS Lambda Custom Integration
      • EC2 via Systems Manager Agent (SSM)
  • AZURE ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for Azure
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using Azure CLI
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using PowerShell
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in Azure
    • Azure Integrations
      • Integrate with Azure Management Group or Subscription
        • Auto Discover Azure SQL Databases
      • Azure MySQL
      • Azure PostgreSQL
      • Integrate with AKS
  • GCP ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for GCP
      • Installing a GCP connector on Cloud Run using CLI
      • Installing a GCP connector on GKE using CLI (Helm)
      • Installing a GCP connector on GKE using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in Google Cloud
    • GCP Integrations
      • Integrate a GCP organization or project
      • CloudSQL - MySQL
      • CloudSQL - PostgreSQL
      • Google Cloud Functions
      • Integrate with GKE
      • AlloyDB
  • KUBERNETES ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for Kubernetes
      • Installing a connector on Kubernetes with AWS permissions
      • Updating a Kubernetes connector
    • Kubernetes Integrations
      • Integrate with Self-Managed Kubernetes
  • ADDITIONAL INTEGRATIONS
    • Databases and Data Repositories
      • Microsoft SQL Server
      • MongoDB
      • MongoDB Atlas
      • MongoDB Atlas Portal
      • MySQL
      • Oracle Database
      • PostgreSQL
      • Redis Cloud (Redislabs)
      • Snowflake
      • Vertica
      • MariaDB
    • Network Management
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      • Windows Domain Controller
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      • Azure VM SSH Servers
      • Installing the Apono HTTP Proxy
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    • Identity Providers
      • Okta SCIM
      • Okta Groups
      • Okta SSO for Apono logins
      • Google Workspace (Gsuite)
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      • Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID)
      • Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) Groups
      • Jumpcloud
      • JumpCloud Groups
      • OneLogin
      • OneLogin Group
      • LDAP Groups
      • The Manager Attribute in Access Flows
      • HiBob
      • Ping Identity SSO
    • Incident Response Integrations
      • Opsgenie
      • PagerDuty
      • VictorOps (Splunk On-Call)
      • Zenduty
    • ChatOps Integrations
      • Slack integration
      • Teams integration
      • Backstage Integration
  • WEBHOOK INTEGRATIONS
    • Webhooks Overview
    • Anomaly Webhook
    • Audit Log Webhook
    • Request Webhook
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      • Communications and Notifications
        • Slack Outbound Webhooks
        • Teams
        • Outlook and Gmail (Using Azure Logic App)
      • ITSM
        • Freshdesk
        • Jira
        • ServiceNow
        • Zendesk
        • Freshservice
        • ServiceDesk Plus
      • Logs and SIEMs
        • Coralogix
        • Datadog
        • Logz.io
        • Grafana
        • New Relic
        • SolarWinds
        • Sumo Logic
        • Cortex
        • Logpoint
        • Splunk
        • Microsoft Sentinel
      • Orchestration and workflow builders
        • Okta Workflows
        • Torq
    • Integration Webhook
    • Webhook Payload References
      • Audit Log Webhook Payload Schema Reference
      • Webhook Payload Schema Reference
    • Manage webhooks
    • Troubleshoot a webhook
    • Manual Webhook
      • ITSM
        • PagerDuty
  • ACCESS FLOWS
    • Access Flows
      • What are Access Flows?
    • Create Access Flows
      • Self Serve Access Flows
      • Automatic Access Flows
      • Access Duration
    • Manage Access Flows
      • Right Sizing
    • Revoke Access
    • Dynamic Access Management
      • Resource and Integration Owners
    • Common Use Cases
      • Ensuring SLA
      • Protecting PII and Customer Data
      • Production Stability and Management
      • Break Glass Protocol
    • Create Bundles
    • Manage Bundles
  • ACCESS REQUESTS AND APPROVALS
    • Slack
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      • Approving Access with Slack
    • Teams
      • Requesting Access with Teams
      • Approving Access with Teams
    • CLI
      • Install and manage the Apono CLI
      • Requesting Access with CLI
    • Web Portal
      • Requesting Access with the Web Portal
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      • Reviewing historical requests with the Web Portal
    • Freshservice
    • Favorites
  • Inventory
    • Inventory Overview
    • Inventory
    • Access Scopes
    • Risk Scores
    • Apono Query Language
  • AUDITS AND REPORTS
    • Activity Overview
      • Activity
      • Create Reports
      • Manage Reports
    • Compliance: Audit and Reporting
    • Auditing Access in Apono
    • Admin Audit Log (Syslog)
  • HELP AND DEBUGGING
    • Integration Status Page
    • Troubleshooting Errors
  • ARCHITECTURE AND SECURITY
    • Anomaly Detection
    • Multi-factor Authentication
    • Credentials Rotation Policy
    • Periodic User Cleanup & Deletion
    • End-user Authentication
    • Personal API Tokens
  • User Administration
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Reference
    • Create Identities
    • Manage Identities
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  1. AZURE ENVIRONMENT
  2. Azure Integrations

Azure MySQL

Create an integration to manage access to Azure-managed MySQL databases

MySQL is a reliable and secure open-source relational database system. It serves as the main data store for various applications, websites, and products. This includes mission-critical applications and dynamic websites.

Microsoft enables developers to create cloud-hosted MySQL databases.

Through this integration, Apono helps you securely manage access to your Azure MySQL databases.


Prerequisites

Before starting this integration, create the items listed in the following table.

Item
Description

Apono Connector

MySQL Info

Information for the database instance to be integrated:

  • Hostname

  • Port Number


Create a MySQL user

You must create a user in your MySQL instance for the Apono connector and grant that user permissions to your databases.

Use the following steps to create a user and grant it permissions:

  1. In your preferred client tool, create a new user. Be sure to set a strong password for the user.

    CREATE USER 'apono_connector'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  2. Expose databases to the user. This allows Apono to view database names without accessing the contents of each database.

    GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
  3. Grant the user database permissions. The following commands grant Apono the following permissions:

    • Creating users

    • Updating user information and privileges

    • Monitoring and troubleshooting processes running on the database\

    GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
    GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
    GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
  4. Grant the user only one of the following sets of permissions. The chosen set defines the highest level of permissions to provision with Apono. Expand each of the following options to reveal the SQL commands:

GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
GRANT GRANT OPTION ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
GRANT SELECT,ALTER,ALTER ROUTINE,CREATE,CREATE ROUTINE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES,CREATE VIEW,DELETE,INDEX,INSERT,TRIGGER,UPDATE ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
GRANT GRANT OPTION ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
GRANT EXECUTE,DROP,SELECT,ALTER,ALTER ROUTINE,CREATE,CREATE ROUTINE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES,CREATE VIEW,DELETE,INDEX,INSERT,TRIGGER,UPDATE ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
GRANT GRANT OPTION ON *.* TO 'apono_connector'@'%';
  1. (MySQL 8.0+) Grant the service account the authority to manage other roles. This enables Apono to create, alter, and drop roles. However, this role does not inherently grant specific database access permissions.

GRANT ROLE_ADMIN on *.* to 'apono_connector';

Integrate Azure MySQL

You can also use the steps below to integrate with Apono using Terraform.

In step 11, instead of clicking Confirm, follow the Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform? guidance.

Follow these steps to complete the integration:

  1. Under Discovery, click one or more resource types and cloud services to sync with Apono.

Apono automatically discovers and syncs all the instances in the environment. After syncing, you can manage Access Flows to these resources.

  1. Click Next. The Apono connector section appears.

  2. From the dropdown menu, select a connector.

  1. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.

  2. Define the Integration Config settings.

    Setting
    Description

    Integration Name

    Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow

    Hostname

    Hostname of the MySQL instance to connect

    Port

    Port value for the database By default, Apono sets this value to 3306.

  3. Click Next. The Secret Store section expands.

  4. Click Next. The Custom Access Details section expands.

  5. Define the Get more with Apono settings.\

    Setting
    Description

    Credential Rotation

    User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)

    (Optional) Defines the number of days after access has been revoked that the user should be deleted

    Custom Access Details

    (Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview.

    Integration Owner

    1. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.

    2. From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.

    NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.

    Resource Owner

    1. Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.

    2. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.

    NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

  6. Click Confirm.

💡Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform?

If you want to integrate with Apono using Terraform, follow these steps instead of clicking Confirm:

  1. At the top of the screen, click View as Code. A modal appears with the completed Terraform configuration code.

  2. Click to copy the code.

  3. Make any additional edits.

  4. Deploy the code in your Terraform.

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On-prem serving as a bridge between an Azure MySQL database instance and Apono Minimum Required Version: 1.3.0

Using the credentials from step 1, for the database instance and associate it to the Azure connector.

You can now .

On the tab, click Azure MySQL. The Connect Integration page appears.

If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating an and with the connector.

.

(Optional) Number of days after which the database credentials must be rotated Learn more about the .

Learn more about .

(Optional) Fallback approver if no is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:

(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several :

Refer to for more details about the schema definition.

Now that you have completed this integration, you can that grant permission to your Azure MySQL database instance.

Catalog
Associate the secret or credentials
Integration Config Metadata
create access flows
integrate Azure MySQL
connection
Credentials Rotation Policy
Periodic User Cleanup & Deletion
resource owner
resource owners
Azure connector
Azure MySQL
create a secret
associate the secret