Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you will need to:

Features

The table below explains which features are available for this kind of connection.

  • Native - This refers to when a database client connects through a specific protocol, such as an IDE or client libraries through hoop connect <connection-name>.
  • One Off - This term refers to accessing this connection from hoop web panel.
FeatureNativeOne OffDescription
TLS Termination Proxy

 *partial

The local proxy terminates the connection with TLS, enabling the connection with the remote server to be TLS encrypted.
Audit

The gateway stores and audits the queries being issued by the client.
Data Masking (DLP)

A policy can be enabled to mask sensitive fields dynamically when performing queries in the database.
Credentials Offload

The user authenticates via SSO instead of using database credentials.
Interactive Access

Interactive access is available when using an IDE or connecting via a terminal to perform analysis exploration.

*partial: the connection is TLS offloaded until it reaches the agent. However, once it reaches to it, the network connection is established without any encryption with the remote server. It’ss important to ensure that the network running the agent is reliable.

Configuration

NameTypeRequiredDescription
HOSTenv-varyesThe IP or Host of the MySQL server
PORTenv-varyesThe port of the MySQL server
USERenv-varyesThe user to connect in the MySQL server
PASSenv-varyesThe password to connect to the MySQL server
DBenv-varyesThe name of the database to connect (Required when using the connection via the command line).
PRE_SQL_SCRIPT_FILEfilesystemnoAppend a custom SQL script at the beginning of the execution.

Connection setup

Create a new TCP connection in hoop’s web panel.

Access the connection

You can access it through hoop CLI or hoop web panel.

CLI

hoop connect <connection-name>

connection: mysqldb | session: 0ebc7492-94bf-498e-ac9c-430f2d5e89b0

---------------------mysql-credentials----------------------
      host=127.0.0.1 port=5433 user=noop password=noop
------------------------------------------------------------
ready to accept connections!

Web panel