---
title: cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance
type: docs
weight: 2
description: "Create a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance."
---

The `cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance` tool creates a new Cloud SQL for MySQL
instance in a specified Google Cloud project.

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This tool uses the `cloud-sql-admin` source.
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## Configuration

Here is an example of how to configure the `cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance`
tool in your `tools.yaml` file:

```yaml
kind: sources
name: my-cloud-sql-admin-source
type: cloud-sql-admin
---
kind: tools
name: create_my_mysql_instance
type: cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance
source: my-cloud-sql-admin-source
description: "Creates a MySQL instance using `Production` and `Development` presets. For the `Development` template, it chooses a 2 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM, 100 GiB SSD configuration with Non-HA/zonal availability. For the `Production` template, it chooses an 8 vCPU, 64 GiB RAM, 250 GiB SSD configuration with HA/regional availability. The Enterprise Plus edition is used in both cases. The default database version is `MYSQL_8_4`. The agent should ask the user if they want to use a different version."
```

## Parameters

The `cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance` tool has the following parameters:

| **field**       | **type** | **required** | **description**                                                                                                 |
| --------------- | :------: | :----------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| project         |  string  |     true     | The Google Cloud project ID.                                                                                    |
| name            |  string  |     true     | The name of the instance to create.                                                                             |
| databaseVersion |  string  |     false    | The database version for MySQL. If not specified, defaults to the latest available version (e.g., `MYSQL_8_4`). |
| rootPassword    |  string  |     true     | The root password for the instance.                                                                             |
| editionPreset   |  string  |     false    | The edition of the instance. Can be `Production` or `Development`. Defaults to `Development`.                   |

## Reference

| **field**   | **type** | **required** | **description**                                                |
| ----------- | :------: | :----------: | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| type        |  string  |     true     | Must be `cloud-sql-mysql-create-instance`.                     |
| source      |  string  |     true     | The name of the `cloud-sql-admin` source to use for this tool. |
| description |  string  |     false    | A description of the tool that is passed to the agent.         |
