Concepts

• Cloud SQL features

  A list of the major features and capabilities of Cloud SQL.

• Key terms

  Glossary of key terms used in Cloud SQL.

• General best practices

  Best practices for Cloud SQL instance configuration, data design, and application implementation.

• Operational guidelines

  How to configure and manage your instances to be covered by the SLA.

• Instance settings

  A description of instance settings, including when you can change them and how changing them affects instance behavior.

• Instance locations

  A description of regions, zones, and preferred location and how these values impact Cloud SQL instances.

• Overview of Cloud SQL IAM database authentication

  Explains how Cloud SQL IAM database authentication works.

• Instance access control

  A discussion of the two levels of access and how you configure them: instance-level access and database access.

• Project access control

  How Cloud SQL uses roles to manage access to project resources.

• Audit logs

  How Cloud SQL uses audit logging.

• Customer-managed encryption keys

  How customer-managed encryption keys works with Cloud SQL.

• MySQL users

  Describes how MySQL users are used with Cloud SQL.

• Private IP

  Describes how private IP works with Cloud SQL instances.

• Connection organization policies

  Describes how to use the connection organization policies on a project.

• Connection options for external applications

  An overview of the ways you can configure access from an external application, including MySQL Client, to a Cloud SQL instance.

• About the proxy

  A description of the Cloud SQL Auth proxy, including advanced options.

• Overview of the high availability configuration

  A description of the high availability configuration for Second Generation instances.

• About replication

  Describes requirements and best practices for configuring replication.

• About replicating from an external server

  Describes requirements and options for replicating from an external server to a Second Generation replica.

• Overview of backups

  A description of backups and the backup process and requirements.

• Restoring an instance from a backup

  A description of restoring an instance from a backup.

• Restoring an instance using point-in-time recovery

  A description of restoring an instance using point-in-time recovery.

• Best practices for importing and exporting data

  Describes some best practices for importing and exporting data.

• Overview of maintenance on Cloud SQL instances

  An overview of how maintenance is performed on Cloud SQL instances, and your options for learning about and configuring maintenance windows.

• Data residency overview

  Learn how to use Cloud SQL to enforce data residency requirements for data.

• Launch checklist

  A checklist to help you design, test, and launch your application.