Create a database in Cloud SQL
You need to create a database on the cloud. To do so:
Log into your Google Cloud dashboard.
Under
Storage
, choose SQL.Choose the name of the instance you want to use for your database. In this example, it's called
dbtest
but yours will be different:
Details on that instance appear.
- Choose
DATABASES
and you'll see a button to create one:
Choose
Create database
.Give it a valid MySQL database name. For this example we cleverly choose the name
test
.
It appears on the list: