# How to connect to External Database using Forge Platform upon developing an app?

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-to-connect-to-external-database-using-forge-platform-upon-developing-an-app/57420>\
**Category:** Forge\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [April 10, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-to-connect-to-external-database-using-forge-platform-upon-developing-an-app/57420 "2022-04-10T09:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![KobikTech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/atlassiandeveloper/user_avatar/community.developer.atlassian.com/kobiktech/32/50423_2.png) [@KobikTech](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/KobikTech)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-to-connect-to-external-database-using-forge-platform-upon-developing-an-app/57420/1 "2022-04-10T09:52:37Z")

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I am trying to develop an app using Forge and need some help on how to connect to an external database like MySQL