Editing MySQL (section)

===Cloud deployment===
{{Main article|Cloud database}}

MySQL can also be run on [[cloud computing]] platforms such as [[Microsoft Azure]], [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud]], and [[Oracle Cloud|Oracle Cloud Infrastructure]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/infrastructure/compute |title=Oracle Cloud infrastructure |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-date=18 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118185219/https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/infrastructure/compute |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some common deployment models for MySQL on the cloud are:

; Virtual machine image
: In this implementation, cloud users can upload a [[Virtual machine image|machine image]] of their own with MySQL installed, or use a ready-made machine image with an optimized installation of MySQL on it, such as the one provided by Amazon EC2.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1663 |title = Running MySQL on Amazon EC2 with EBS (Elastic Block Store) |website =[[Amazon Web Services]] |access-date=5 February 2013 }}</ref>

; MySQL as a service
: Some cloud platforms offer MySQL "as a service". In this configuration, application owners do not have to install and maintain the MySQL database on their own. Instead, the database service provider takes responsibility for installing and maintaining the database, and application owners pay according to their usage.<ref name="readwriteweb">{{cite web | first=Klint |last=Finley |url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/01/7-cloud-based-database-service.php | title = 7 Cloud-Based Database Services |website = [[ReadWriteWeb]] | access-date =2011-11-09 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111109084453/http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/01/7-cloud-based-database-service.php |archive-date=2011-11-09}}</ref> Notable cloud-based MySQL services are the [[Amazon Relational Database Service]]; Oracle MySQL HeatWave Database Service,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oracle.com/mysql|title=Oracle MySQL HeatWave Database Service}}</ref> Azure Database for MySQL,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/mysql/|title=Azure Database for MySQL - Managed MySQL Database &#124; Microsoft Azure|website=azure.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Rackspace]]; [[HP Converged Cloud]]; [[Heroku]] and [[Jelastic]]. In this model the database service provider takes responsibility for maintaining the host and database.