--- layout: default title: MySQL parent: Storage Backends grand_parent: Configuration nav_order: 2 --- # MySQL The MySQL storage provider. ## Configuration ```yaml storage: mysql: host: 127.0.0.1 port: 3306 database: authelia username: authelia password: mypassword ``` ## Options ### host <div markdown="1"> type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } default: localhost {: .label .label-config .label-blue } required: no {: .label .label-config .label-green } </div> The database server host. If utilising an IPv6 literal address it must be enclosed by square brackets and quoted: ```yaml host: "[fd00:1111:2222:3333::1]" ``` ### port <div markdown="1"> type: integer {: .label .label-config .label-purple } default: 3306 {: .label .label-config .label-blue } required: no {: .label .label-config .label-green } </div> The port the database server is listening on. ### database <div markdown="1"> type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red } </div> The database name on the database server that the assigned [user](#username) has access to for the purpose of **Authelia**. ### username <div markdown="1"> type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red } </div> The username paired with the password used to connect to the database. ### password <div markdown="1"> type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red } </div> The password paired with the username used to connect to the database. Can also be defined using a [secret](../secrets.md) which is also the recommended way when running as a container.