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Connect from the MySQL Client¶
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You can use the command-line MySQL client to connect to the MongoDB Connector for BI.
Connect from MySQL without Authentication or TLS/SSL¶
To connect to a mongosqld
instance listening on the MySQL
default port 3307
, run the following command:
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
32-bit Windows
64-bit Windows
Connect from MySQL with Authentication¶
Install the C Authentication Plugin as described in Install the C Authentication Plugin.
Important
The C Authentication plugin was developed against MySQL 5.7.18 Community Edition (64-bit), and tested with MySQL 5.7.18 Community Edition and the latest version of MongoDB Connector for BI. The plugin is not compatible with MySQL Server or Connector/ODBC driver version 8 and later.
The following example uses the C authentication plugin to
connect to a mongosqld
instance listening on port
3307
as user reportsUser
. The MySQL shell prompts for the
password after the command has been entered.
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
32-bit Windows
64-bit Windows
Note
This example assumes that the authentication plugin file
mongosql_auth.so
is located in the default MySQL plugin
folder:
Platform | Default Location |
---|---|
32-bit Windows | C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\lib\plugin |
64-bit Windows | C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\lib\plugin |
Note
This example assumes that the authentication plugin file
mongosql_auth.so
is located in the default MySQL plugin folder.
The location of the plugin folder varies by platform, but you can
locate it by running the following command:
mysql_config.pl
can find the plugin directory only on macOS and
Linux hosts.
Note
This example assumes that the authentication plugin file
mongosql_auth.so
is located in the default MySQL plugin folder.
The location of the plugin folder varies by platform, but you can
locate it by running the following command:
mysql_config.pl
can find the plugin directory only on macOS and
Linux hosts.
For additional options, see the MySQL Commands.
Connect from MySQL with Authentication and TLS/SSL¶
Important
The binary distribution of MySQL Community uses the yaSSL SSL library to encrypt connections. MySQL Enterprise uses OpenSSL which is compatible with MongoDB Connector for BI. Use MySQL Enterprise to connect to BI Connector over TLS / SSL.
To connect to a mongosqld
instance listening on port 3307
,
as user grace
using authentication mechanism PLAIN
, and using
specific TLS/SSL CA and x.509 certificates, run the following command:
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
32-bit Windows
64-bit Windows
If using the $external
authentication source, wrap your username in
single quotes or escape the $
character with a backslash to prevent
your shell from performing interpolation.
Authentication requires your client to send your password in plain text. To send the password in plain text, either:
- Use the
--enable-cleartext-plugin
option shown in the previous example, or - Set the environment variable
LIBMYSQL_ENABLE_CLEARTEXT_PLUGIN=1
.
For additional options, see the MySQL Commands.
See the MySQL documentation for additional details on enabling the MySQL cleartext plugin.