I'm not sure I'm understanding the question, but your application server can talk to the SQL server using python SQLAlchemy. If your web application is a python flask application, that process could be easy. I'm not sure what steps are needed to configure your MySQL server to be accessible online, but there should be no reason you need a particular kind of server or service as long as the host machine has access to enough bandwidth and is properly maintained. I suppose network security should also be concerned. Feb 24, 2023 07:34:37 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss : >> I’m