How to Add an External Database to Strapi Cloud - Step by Step Tutorial

How to Add an External Database to Strapi Cloud - Step by Step Tutorial Learn how to add an external database to your Strapi Cloud project in this tutorial. We'll guide you through the setup, configuration, and necessary environment variables, as well as discuss the caveats and how to revert back to the default database provided by Strapi Cloud. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapters _________________________________________________________________________ 00:00 Introduction 00:10 Consideration when using external database 00:51 Prerequisites 01:16 Getting started 01:38 Database.js file 02:43 Setting up our env variables 03:31 Save and redeploy 04:35 Revert to default database ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Docs: https://docs.strapi.io/dev-docs/plugins/email Strapi Events: https://strp.cc/events Find help on Discord: https://strp.cc/discord-events Find help in our Forum: https://strp.cc/40EvYp0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can find Paul YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/codingafterthirty Twitter: https://twitter.com/codingthirty ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strapi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get started with Strapi: https://strapi.io/ Try the live demo: https://strapi.io/demo Strapi Blog: https://strapi.io/blog