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You can use the SQL Server command-line client to connect to Cloud SQL. This page describes how to connect a SQL Server client, whether running locally on your client machine or on a Compute Engine VM, to your Cloud SQL instance.
Note: For information about connecting a client to a Cloud SQL instance using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, see Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy. For information about connecting using private IP, see Configure private IP. Before you beginBefore you can use a sqlcmd
client to connect to your Cloud SQL instance, do the following:
Create a Cloud SQL instance, including configuring the default user.
See Create instances and Set the password for the default user account.
Optionally, create a Compute Engine VM instance and then connected to the instance using SSH.
See Create and start a VM instance, About SSH connections, or Connect to Windows VMs using RDP.
Determine how you'll connect to your instance.
For the connection options and how to choose from among them, see About connection options.
Using a sqlcmd
client to connect to your Cloud SQL instance involves three high-level tasks:
To install the sqlcmd
client, do the following:
To configure access to your instance, do the following:
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud SQL Instances page.
To let you connect without encryption, the instance must have requireSsl
set to false
. In the Google Cloud console, the Allow only SSL connections checkbox must be cleared.
For more information about the SSL/TLS configuration of your instance, see Configure SSL/TLS certificates.
To connect to your instance, do the following:
sqlcmd
command to connect, by following steps similar to those in the examples on the SQL Server quickstart and Use the utility pages.Use the instructions in the Client Initiated Encryption section, and related sections, of the Encrypting Connections to SQL Server on Linux page.
What's nextIf you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how Cloud SQL performs in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.
Try Cloud SQL freeExcept as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.
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