Connecting to an RDS for MySQL Instance Through the GUI

Using MySQL-Front to Connect to a DB Instance

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
4. Start MySQL-Front.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click New.
   Figure 1 Connection management
   

6. Enter the information of the DB instance to be connected and click Ok, as shown in Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Adding an account
   

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Specify a name for the database connection task. If you do not set this parameter, it will be the same as the Host value by default.
   Host	Enter the floating IP address of the DB instance to be connected. To view the floating IP address and port of the DB instance: Log in to the RDS console. Select the region in which the DB instance is located. Click the target DB instance to enter the Basic Information page. In the Connection Information area, view the floating IP address. If you want to connect to the instance through a public network, enter the instance EIP for this parameter.
   Port	Enter the private network port of the DB instance.
   User	Enter the username to be used for accessing the DB instance. The default user is root.
   Password	Enter the password of the username you specified.

7. In the displayed window, select the connection that you have created in 6 and click Open. If the connection information is correct, the DB instance will be connected.
   Figure 3 Opening a session
   
   

   If the connection fails, see What Should I Do If an ECS Cannot Connect to an RDS DB Instance?

Follow-up Operations

After logging in to the DB instance, you can create or migrate databases.

• Creating a MySQL Database Using the Console
• Creating a MySQL Database Using an API
• Managing MySQL Databases Using DAS
• Migrating MySQL Databases Using DRS
• Migrating Data to RDS for MySQL Using mysqldump