Interactive Remote Console

This page details how to use the Remote Console method from Access Your Database.

Availability

The Remote Console is available for supported Shared Resources databases only:

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • InfluxDB

It is not available for OpenSearch or Dedicated Resources databases.

Open a Remote Console

# Open a console using the `mysql` client
scalingo --app my-app mysql-console

# Open a console using the `psql` client
scalingo --app my-app pgsql-console

# Open a console using the `mongo` client
scalingo --app my-app mongo-console

# Open a console using the `redis-cli` client
scalingo --app my-app redis-console

# Open a console using the `InfluxDB shell` client
scalingo --app my-app influxdb-console

Make sure you have already added the corresponding addon from your application dashboard before running one of these commands.

Manually Install the Databases CLI in a One-off

If you started a Bash process in a one-off container, you can download various CLI tools for the supported databases listed below:

Database Keyword Installed Tools
PostgreSQL pgsql, postgresql, psql psql, pg_basebackup, pg_controldata, pg_dump, pg_isready, pg_recvlogical, pg_restore, pg_test_fsync, pg_upgrade, pg_archivecleanup, pg_config, pg_ctl, pg_dumpall, pg_receivewal, pg_resetwal, pg_rewind, pg_test_timing, pg_waldump
MySQL mysql mysql, mysqldump
MongoDB mongo mongo, mongodump, mongorestore, mongoexport, mongoimport
Redis redis redis-cli
InfluxDB influxdb, influx influx

You can use our utility tool dbclient-fetcher to download and install the tools for your database. To do so, call dbclient-fetcher with the keyword corresponding to your database (see table above).

For example, to download the tools to interact with your MySQL addon:

[10:48] Scalingo ~ $ dbclient-fetcher mysql
---> Download and extract the database CLI
---> Database CLI installed:
mysql  Ver 8.0.33 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution)

If you ever need a specific version, just add it as a second parameter:

[10:48] Scalingo ~ $ dbclient-fetcher mysql 8.0
---> Download and extract the database CLI
---> Database CLI installed:
mysql  Ver 8.0.33 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution)

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