Rotate and Connect to MySQL databases with Keeper Commander
Keeper has launched a new Password Rotation feature with Keeper Secrets Manager. This new capability is recommended for all password rotation use cases. The Documentation is linked below:
Password Rotation with Keeper Secrets Manager
The MySQL Commander Plugin requires the PyMySQL plugin version 0.10.1 and does not support more recent versions.
Create a record using either the Keeper Vault UI, or Keeper Commander.
Commander rotation supports all record types. A "Login" field is required on the record.
If using an untyped record, the host and port can be set to custom fields. See below.
Commander will use the mysql plugin automatically for records with the port number 3306, or with a hostname that starts with "mysql//"
replace 'XXX' with the current database password for this user
For Commander versions greater than 4.88
For Commander versions 4.88 and before
for more information about the edit command, see the command documentation
Find the UID in the record information popup
Use the search command to find the UID for your record. Replace "MySQL Example" with the name of your record.
To rotate MySQL passwords, use the rotate command in Commander. Pass the command a record title or UID (or use --match with a regular expression to rotate several records at once)
The plugin can be supplied to the command as shown here added to a record field, or automatically assigned based on the port number or based on the host starting with "mysql://" (see options above). Adding the plugin type to the record makes it possible to rotate several records at once with different plugins.
After rotation is completed, the new password will be stored in the Password field of the record
connect commandxxx refers to the 'friendly name' which can be referenced when connecting on the command line
Here's a screenshot of the Keeper Vault record for this use case:
For more information on the connect command, see the documentation
| Label | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
cmdr:plugin
mysql
Tells Commander to use MySQL rotation. This should be either set to the record, or supplied to the rotation command
cmdr:host
Hostname of your MySQL server. This can be set here if not set in the record's host field
cmdr:rules
# uppercase, # lowercase, # numeric, # special'
(e.g. 4,6,3,8)
Password generation rules
cmdr:port
MySQL port. 3306 assumed if omitted This can be set here if not set in the record's host field
cmdr:user_host
User host. '%' assumed if omitted
Custom Field Name
Custom Field Value
connect:xxx:env:MYSQL_PWD
${password}
connect:xxx
mysql -u${login} -h${cmdr:host}
