Cloud SQL Auth Proxy

E703152

database connectivity proxy software tool

Cloud SQL Auth Proxy is a secure, client-side connector that manages authentication and encrypted connections between applications and Google Cloud SQL databases without exposing database credentials or IPs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cloud SQL Auth Proxy canonical	1
Cloud SQL Auth Proxy v2	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7976976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Context triple: [Cloud SQL, supportsSecurityFeature, Cloud SQL Auth Proxy]

A. Cloud SQL
Cloud SQL is Google Cloud’s fully managed relational database service for running MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server workloads in the cloud.
B. Cloud Spanner
Cloud Spanner is Google Cloud’s fully managed, horizontally scalable, globally distributed relational database service that offers strong consistency and high availability.
C. Cloud Key Management Service
Cloud Key Management Service is a Google Cloud offering that lets organizations securely create, manage, and use cryptographic keys for protecting their data and services.
D. Google Cloud Console
Google Cloud Console is a web-based management interface that lets users configure, monitor, and administer Google Cloud Platform resources and services.
E. Cloud IAM
Cloud IAM is Google Cloud’s identity and access management service that lets administrators define and enforce who can access specific cloud resources and what actions they can perform.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Target entity description: Cloud SQL Auth Proxy is a secure, client-side connector that manages authentication and encrypted connections between applications and Google Cloud SQL databases without exposing database credentials or IPs.

A. Cloud SQL
Cloud SQL is Google Cloud’s fully managed relational database service for running MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server workloads in the cloud.
B. Cloud Spanner
Cloud Spanner is Google Cloud’s fully managed, horizontally scalable, globally distributed relational database service that offers strong consistency and high availability.
C. Cloud Key Management Service
Cloud Key Management Service is a Google Cloud offering that lets organizations securely create, manage, and use cryptographic keys for protecting their data and services.
D. Google Cloud Console
Google Cloud Console is a web-based management interface that lets users configure, monitor, and administer Google Cloud Platform resources and services.
E. Cloud IAM
Cloud IAM is Google Cloud’s identity and access management service that lets administrators define and enforce who can access specific cloud resources and what actions they can perform.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	database connectivity proxy ⓘ software tool ⓘ
avoids	exposing database IP addresses ⓘ exposing database credentials to applications ⓘ
connectsTo	Cloud SQL instances ⓘ linked to: Cloud SQL
developer	Google ⓘ
distributedAs	Docker image ⓘ standalone binary ⓘ
documentationURL	https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/sql-proxy ⓘ
handles	automatic certificate rotation ⓘ automatic encryption configuration ⓘ
integratesWith	Google Cloud IAM ⓘ linked to: Cloud IAM gcloud CLI ⓘ
language	Go ⓘ
maintainer	Google Cloud SQL team ⓘ linked to: Google Cloud team
manages	authentication to Cloud SQL instances ⓘ encrypted connections to Cloud SQL databases ⓘ
openSource	true ⓘ
partOf	Google Cloud Platform ⓘ linked to: Google Cloud
provides	secure client-side connector ⓘ
recommendedFor	secure access to Cloud SQL from untrusted networks ⓘ
reducesNeedFor	manual SSL certificate management ⓘ public IPs on Cloud SQL instances ⓘ
replacedBy	Cloud SQL Auth Proxy v2 ⓘ linked to: Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
requires	Google Cloud credentials ⓘ
runsOn	App Engine flexible environment ⓘ linked to: App Engine Cloud Run services ⓘ linked to: Cloud Run Google Compute Engine VMs ⓘ linked to: Google Compute Engine Google Kubernetes Engine clusters ⓘ linked to: Google Kubernetes Engine local development machines ⓘ
securityFeature	mutual TLS between proxy and Cloud SQL ⓘ no direct credential storage in application code ⓘ
sourceRepository	https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy ⓘ
supports	Cloud SQL for MySQL ⓘ linked to: Cloud SQL Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL ⓘ linked to: Cloud SQL Cloud SQL for SQL Server ⓘ linked to: Cloud SQL Linux ⓘ TCP connections ⓘ Unix domain sockets ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ service account authentication ⓘ workload identity on GKE ⓘ
usedFor	local development database access ⓘ production database connectivity ⓘ
uses	IAM-based authentication ⓘ TLS encryption ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cloud SQL → supportsSecurityFeature → Cloud SQL Auth Proxy ⓘ

Cloud SQL Auth Proxy → replacedBy → Cloud SQL Auth Proxy v2 ⓘ

linked to: Cloud SQL Auth Proxy

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