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Creating a service account user

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1. Log in to MySQL

Log in to your MySQL server as a user with administrative privileges: 
mysql -u root -p
Enter the password when prompted.

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2. Create the service account user

CREATE USER 'service_account'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secure_password';
  • Replace service_account with your desired username.
  • Replace secure_password with a strong password.

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3. Grant privileges

Fabi.ai needs read access to the schemas you wish to query. 
GRANT SELECT ON database_name.* TO 'service_account'@'localhost';

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4. Apply changes

Run the following command to ensure the privileges are applied: 
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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Connecting MySQL to Fabi.ai

Once you’ve generated your service user credentials, follow the steps in Connecting to Your Data
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