1. We assume you already read this: https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/connect-external-app#proxy and created a service account for Cloud SQL Client 1. Download cloud_sql_proxy to `/usr/local/bin` 1. Make the following folders, all chown to `root:root` : 1. `/var/run/cloud-sql-proxy` 1. `/var/local/cloud-sql-proxy` 1. Copy downloaded credential json file inside `/var/local/cloud-sql-proxy`, make sure only root can read as it is credential for connection. 1. Copy above gist to `/lib/systemd/system/cloud-sql-proxy.service` 2. Run `systemctl daemon-reload` 3. Run `systemctl start cloud-sql-proxy` 4. Profit$$$$