Deploy to Netlify

Introduction

This guide will walk you through setting up and deploying your PlanetScale database on Netlify.

Prerequisites

• A PlanetScale database — If you haven't created a database, refer to our PlanetScale quickstart guide to get started
• A Netlify account
• A project deployed to Netlify — If you're just poking around and don't already have an application to deploy, you can use our Next.js + PlanetScale sample

Connecting your PlanetScale database to your Netlify application

Get your connection string from PlanetScale

1. In your PlanetScale dashboard, click on the database you want to connect to.
2. Click "Connect".
3. Select the framework you're using from the "Connect with" dropdown. This will give you the exact environment variable names you need for your selected framework. If your framework is not listed, choose "General".

1. If the password is blurred, click "New password" to generate new credentials.
2. Keep this page open, as you'll need to copy these to Netlify momentarily.

Copy environment variables to Netlify

1. Go to your Netlify dashboard.
2. Click on your Netlify project.
3. Click "Site settings".
4. Click "Build & deploy," then "Environment".
5. Click "Edit variable".
6. Click "New variable" and copy each value from your PlanetScale dashboard into a new environment variable in Netlify. Once you're done with one, click "Add" and continue to the next, if applicable.

For example, if you're using Prisma, your connection string will look similar to this:

DATABASE_URL='mysql://xxxxxxxxx:************@xxxxxxxxxx.us-east-3.psdb.cloud/my-database?sslaccept=strict'

In Netlify, you'll set it as follows:

• Key = DATABASE_URL
• Value = mysql://xxxxxxxxx:************@xxxxxxxxxx.us-east-3.psdb.cloud/my-database?sslaccept=strict

Note: The credentials are blurred for the example, but when you paste them in, use the actual values.

After you have saved, you will need to rebuild the site with the new environment variable.

What's next?

Learn more about how PlanetScale allows you to make non-blocking schema changes to your database tables without locking or causing downtime for production databases.