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# How-tos

- [Create a database instance](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/create-a-database-instance.md): The process for creating a database instance is the same for both MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- [Manage access](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/manage-access.md): By default, all incoming connections to the database instance are blocked as a security measure.
- [Manage databases and users](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/manage-databases-and-users.md): You can add more than one database in each database instance. You can also create users and assign each user either read or read/write access to the databases in a database instance.
- [Connect to a database](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/connect-to-a-database.md): Connecting to a database works the same for MySQL and PostgreSQL
- [Monitor a database](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/monitor-a-database.md): Databases publish its metrics through a Prometheus metric exposition file over the internet.
- [Delete a database instance](https://docs.glesys.com/products/database/how-tos/delete-a-database-instance.md): Deleting an entire database instance will delete all data in it, including all databases and all users.


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