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.


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'@'%';
  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';
  1. Using the credentials from step 1, create a secret for the database instance and associate it to the Azure connector.

You can now integrate Azure MySQL.


Integrate Azure MySQL

Follow these steps to complete the integration:

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

  2. 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.

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

  1. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.

  2. Define the Integration Config settings.

  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.

  6. Click Confirm.

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

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