> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://manual.docs.microstream.one/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://manual.docs.microstream.one/4.0/data-store/storage-targets/sql-databases/mysql.md).

# MySQL

{% hint style="warning" %}
**This is the manual for older MicroStream versions (Version < 5.0).**

**The new documentation (Version >= 5.0) is located at:**

[https://docs.microstream.one/](https://docs.microstream.one/manual)
{% endhint %}

```markup
<dependency>
       <groupId>one.microstream</groupId>
       <artifactId>filesystem.sql</artifactId>
       <version>04.00.00-MS-GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
       <version>8.0.21</version>
</dependency>
```

```java
MysqlDataSource dataSource = new MysqlDataSource();
dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://host:3306/mydb");
dataSource.setUser("user");
dataSource.setPassword("secret");

SqlFileSystem fileSystem = SqlFileSystem.New(
     SqlConnector.Caching(
          SqlProviderMySql.New(dataSource)
     )
);

EmbeddedStorage.start(fileSystem.ensureDirectoryPath("microstream_storage"));

```