MySQL

Appliku supports MySQL 8 as an alternative relational database engine. The provisioning workflow is identical to PostgreSQL, with connection URLs automatically injected into your application.

Supported Versions

Version	Notes
MySQL 8	Current supported release

Provisioning a MySQL Database

1. Open your application in the Appliku dashboard
2. On the Application Overview page, scroll to the Databases block (bottom-right sidebar)
3. Click Add Database
4. Select MySQL 8 from the dropdown
5. Select the server where the database should run
6. Click Create

Appliku provisions a MySQL Docker container and generates connection credentials automatically.

Connection URL

Once provisioned, Appliku injects the connection URL as an environment variable:

mysql://user:password@host:port/dbname

Your application can read this variable to connect without any manual credential management.

Differences from PostgreSQL

If you are deciding between MySQL and PostgreSQL, consider the following:

Aspect	PostgreSQL	MySQL
Specialized variants	PostGIS, pgvector, TimescaleDB	None
Built-in backup tool	Yes (via Appliku)	Manual only
Version options	12, 15, 16, 17	8
JSON support	Advanced (JSONB)	Basic (JSON)

note

Appliku's built-in backup scheduling currently supports PostgreSQL only. For MySQL databases, you will need to handle backups manually using mysqldump or a similar tool.

Using MySQL with Django

# settings.py
import dj_database_url

DATABASES = {
    "default": dj_database_url.config(default="sqlite:///db.sqlite3")
}

Ensure mysqlclient is in your requirements.txt:

mysqlclient

Using MySQL with Other Frameworks

Most frameworks support reading a DATABASE_URL environment variable natively or through an adapter library. Refer to your framework's documentation for connection string parsing.

Next Steps

• PostgreSQL -- The most common database choice on Appliku
• Database Management Overview -- All supported database engines