cf-mysql-plugin

Cloud Foundry CLI MySQL Plugin

cf-mysql-plugin makes it easy to connect the mysql command line client to any MySQL-compatible database used by Cloud Foundry apps. Use it to

• inspect databases for debugging purposes
• manually adjust schema or contents in development environments
• dump and restore databases

Usage

Geting a list of available databases

Running the plugin without arguments should give a list of available MySQL databases:

$ cf mysql
MySQL databases bound to an app:

my-db

Databases are available if they are bound to a running app - see below for an explanation why.

Connecting to a database

Passing the name of a database service will open a MySQL client:

$ cf mysql my-db
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1377314
Server version: 5.5.46-log MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MySQL [ad_67fd2577d50deb5]> 

Piping queries or dumps into mysql

The mysql child process inherits standard input, output and error. Piping content in and out of cf mysql works just like it does with plain mysql:

$ cat database-dump.sql | cf mysql my-db

Passing arguments to mysql

Any parameters after the database name are added to the mysql invocation:

$ echo "select 1 as foo, 2 as bar;" | cf mysql my-db --xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select 1 as foo, 2 as bar" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <row>
        <field name="foo">1</field>
        <field name="bar">2</field>
  </row>
</resultset>

Installing and uninstalling

Download a binary release or build yourself by running go build. Then, install the plugin with

$ cd /path/to/plugin
$ cf install-plugin ./cf-mysql-plugin

The plugin can be uninstalled with:

$ cf uninstall-plugin mysql

Building

# download dependencies
go get -v ./...
go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo
go get github.com/onsi/gomega
go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo

# run tests and build
ginkgo -r
go build

Details

Obtaining credentials

cf-mysql-plugin gets credentials from service bindings, which are only available when your database services are bound to a started app. If you don't currently have an app running, try the following to start an nginx app:

TEMP_DIR=`mktemp -d`
pushd $TEMP_DIR
touch Staticfile
cf push static-app -m 64M --no-route
popd
rm -r $TEMP_DIR

Then, bind the database to your app with:

cf bind-service static-app database-name

Using service keys would be an alternative to service bindings. I decided against service keys, because they need to be deleted before a service can be deleted, making service administration more difficult.