MySQL setup

important

This is needed only if you are running the SuperTokens core yourself.

1️) Create a database 🛠️#

CREATE DATABASE supertokens;

You can skip this step if you want SuperTokens to write to your own database. In this case, you will need to provide your database's name as shown in the step below.

2️) Connect SuperTokens to your database 🔌#

With Docker
Without Docker

caution

Host being localhost / 127.0.0.1 will not work in a docker image. Instead, please provide the database's local / public hostname or IP address.


docker run \    -p 3567:3567 \    -e MYSQL_CONNECTION_URI="mysql://username:[email protected]/dbName" \    -d supertokens/supertokens-mysql
# OR
docker run \    -p 3567:3567 \    -e MYSQL_USER="username" \    -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="password" \    -e MYSQL_HOST="host" \    -e MYSQL_PORT="3306" \    -e MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME="supertokens" \    -d supertokens/supertokens-mysql

# You need to add the following to the config.yaml file.# The file path can be found by running the "supertokens --help" command
mysql_connection_uri: "mysql://username:[email protected]/dbName"
# OR
mysql_user: "username"
mysql_password: "password"
mysql_host: "host"
mysql_port: 3306
mysql_database_name: "supertokens"

3️) Create tables 👩‍💻👨‍💻#

note

This happens automatically, unless you provide a MySQL user that doesn't have table creation permission.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS key_value (    name VARCHAR(128),    value TEXT,    created_at_time BIGINT UNSIGNED,    PRIMARY KEY(name));
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS session_info (    session_handle VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,    user_id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,    refresh_token_hash_2 VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,    session_data TEXT,    expires_at BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    created_at_time BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    jwt_user_payload TEXT,    PRIMARY KEY(session_handle));
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emailpassword_users (    user_id CHAR(36) NOT NULL,    email VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL UNIQUE,    password_hash VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,    time_joined BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    PRIMARY KEY (user_id));
CREATE INDEX emailpassword_user_pagination_index ON emailpassword_users(time_joined DESC, user_id DESC);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emailpassword_pswd_reset_tokens (    user_id CHAR(36) NOT NULL,    token VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL UNIQUE,    token_expiry BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, token),    FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES emailpassword_users (user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);
CREATE INDEX emailpassword_password_reset_token_expiry_index ON emailpassword_pswd_reset_tokens(token_expiry);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emailverification_verified_emails (    user_id CHAR(36) NOT NULL,    email VARCHAR(256),    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, email));
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emailverification_tokens (    user_id CHAR(36) NOT NULL,    email VARCHAR(256),    token VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL UNIQUE,    token_expiry BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, email, token));
CREATE INDEX emailverification_tokens_index ON emailverification_tokens(token_expiry);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS thirdparty_users (    third_party_id VARCHAR(28) NOT NULL,    third_party_user_id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,    user_id CHAR(36) NOT NULL,    email VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL,    time_joined BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,    PRIMARY KEY (third_party_id, third_party_user_id));
CREATE INDEX thirdparty_users_pagination_index ON thirdparty_users(time_joined DESC, user_id DESC);

tip

You also have the option to rename these tables.

4️) Test the connection 🤞#

To test, start SuperTokens and run the following query in your database

SELECT * FROM key_value;

If you see at least one row, it means that the connection has been successfully completed! 🥳🎉