> ## Documentation Index
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# Storage connection settings

> Every connection field for MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis, with types and defaults.

Fields live under `storage.mysql`, `storage.postgresql`, or `storage.redis`.

## MySQL and PostgreSQL

| Key                 | Type    | Default  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `host`              | string  | required | Where the database runs. Use `localhost` if it is on the same machine.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `port`              | string  | required | The port it listens on. `3306` for MySQL, `5432` for PostgreSQL.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `dbname`            | string  | required | The database name. Create it first and give your user access to it.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `username`          | string  | required | The user the plugin logs in as. Needs `SELECT`, `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, and `CREATE TABLE` on that database.                                                                                                                                           |
| `password`          | string  | required | That user's password. Anyone who can read `config.yml` can read it.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `use-ssl`           | boolean | `false`  | Encrypts the connection. Turn it on for any database that is not on `localhost`.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `maximum-pool-size` | integer | `10`     | How many connections the plugin opens at once, its <Tooltip tip="A set of open database connections the plugin reuses instead of opening a new one every time.">connection pool</Tooltip> size. Raise it only if the console shows connection-wait timeouts. |

## Redis

| Key        | Type    | Default  |                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `host`     | string  | required | Where Redis runs.                                                                                                                                        |
| `port`     | integer | `6379`   | The port Redis listens on.                                                                                                                               |
| `password` | string  |          | The Redis <Tooltip tip="The Redis setting that turns on password protection.">`requirepass`</Tooltip> password. Leave it empty if Redis has no password. |

See [Choose a database](/settings/storage) for complete examples.