Repository for my article Google Cloud SQL for MySQL - Connection Security, High Availability and Failover
Designing an application that incorporates Google Cloud SQL requires some thought. There are several factors to consider regarding security, performance, fault tolerance and availability. Incorrectly implementing one of these areas can affect the other areas, usually negatively.
In this article, we will start with a simple example, written in Node.js. Then we will analyze this example, find issues and explore improved solutions.