Aiven for MySQL
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What is Aiven for MySQL?
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Aiven for MySQL is a full managed relational database service, deployable in the cloud of your choice. It is available at a size to suit your needs, from single-node starter plans to highly-available production platforms. MySQL has been a key part of the open source database landscape for a long time and it's a popular and reliable database platform. Aiven takes care of the management side and provides a MySQL that you can use.

Why MySQL?
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MySQL is a traditional open source relational database that plays nicely with many well-established applications. Whether you are building something new or looking for a modern platform for your existing applications, Aiven for MySQL is a friendly and scalable offering of one of the best open source databases around.

Get started with Aiven for MySQL
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Our :doc:`getting started guide </docs/products/mysql/get-started>` will get you up and running quickly.

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        📚 :doc:`Concepts </docs/products/mysql/concepts>`

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        💻 :doc:`HowTo </docs/products/mysql/howto>`

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        📖 :doc:`Reference </docs/products/mysql/reference>`

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        🧰 :doc:`Code samples </docs/products/mysql/howto/list-code-samples>`


More MySQL resources
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* Documentation for MySQL itself: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/
* Read a `blog post about MyHoard <https://aiven.io/blog/introducing-myhoard-your-single-solution-to-mysql-backups-and-restoration>`_, our MySQL backup and restore tool, or check out the `GitHub repository for the project <https://github.com/aiven/myhoard>`_.