SQLPad

A web app for writing and running SQL queries and visualizing the results. Supports Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, Crate, Vertica, Presto, and SAP HANA. Other databases potentially supported via unix odbc support.

Docker Image

The docker image runs on port 3000 and uses /var/lib/sqlpad for the embedded database directory.

For configuration exposed via environment variables reference CONFIGURATION.md.

See docker-examples directory for example docker-compose setup with SQL Server.

Building

• Install node 10 or later

• Clone/download this repo

• Install dependencies and build the UI

  scripts/build.sh
  

  The gist of this script is:

  # install root level dependencies using package-lock.json as reference
  npm ci
  # install front-end dependencies using package-lock.json
  cd client
  npm ci
  # build front-end
  npm run build
  # install back-end dependencies
  cd ../server
  npm ci
  cd ..
  # copy client build to server directory
  mkdir server/public
  cp -r client/build/* server/public
  

At this point you can run the SQLPad server with the front-end built for production use:

cd server
node server.js --dbPath ../db --port 3010

If prefered, SQLPad can be installed as a global module using the local files in this repo. This allows running SQLPad via the cli in any directory, just as if you had installed it with npm install sqlpad -g. Note that you must build and copy the client prior to this step.

cd server
node install -g

# Now from somewhere else you can run sqlpad like
cd ~
sqlpad --dbPath ../db --port 3010

A docker image may be built using the Dockerfile located in server directory. See docker-publish.sh for example docker build command.

Configuration

SQLPad may be configured via environment variables, config file, or command line flags.

Config file path may be specified passing command line option --config or environment variable SQLPAD_CONFIG. For example:

node server.js --config ~/.sqlpadrc

For INI and JSON config file examples, see config-example.ini and config-example.json in GitHub repository.

Version 3 changes

Previously SQLPad supported a default dbPath of $HOME/sqlpad/db and a default config file path of $HOME/.sqlpadrc.

These defaults have been removed in version 3.

Config variables

admin
Email address to whitelist/give admin permissions to
Env var: SQLPAD_ADMIN

adminPassword Password to set for admin email address on application start. Requires admin setting to also be provided. Env var: SQLPAD_ADMIN_PASSWORD

allowCsvDownload
Enable csv and xlsx downloads.
Env var: SQLPAD_ALLOW_CSV_DOWNLOAD
Default: true

baseUrl
Path to mount sqlpad app following domain. Example, if '/sqlpad' is provided queries page would be mydomain.com/sqlpad/queries
Env var: SQLPAD_BASE_URL

certPassphrase
Passphrase for your SSL certification file
Env var: CERT_PASSPHRASE

certPath
Absolute path to where SSL certificate is stored
Env var: CERT_PATH

cookieName Name used for cookie. If running multiple SQLPads on same domain, set to different values. Env var: SQLPAD_COOKIE_NAME Default: sqlpad.sid

cookieSecret
Secret used to sign cookies
Env var: SQLPAD_COOKIE_SECRET
Default: secret-used-to-sign-cookies-please-set-and-make-strong

dbPath
Directory to store SQLPad embedded database content. This includes queries, users, query result cache files, etc.
Env var: SQLPAD_DB_PATH

debug
Add a variety of logging to console while running SQLPad
Env var: SQLPAD_DEBUG

disableUserpassAuth
Set to TRUE to disable built-in user authentication. Use to restrict auth to OAuth only.
Env var: DISABLE_USERPASS_AUTH

editorWordWrap
Enable word wrapping in SQL editor.
Env var: SQLPAD_EDITOR_WORD_WRAP

googleClientId
Google Client ID used for OAuth setup. Authorized redirect URI for sqlpad is '[baseurl]/auth/google/callback'
Env var: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID

googleClientSecret
Google Client Secret used for OAuth setup. Authorized redirect URI for sqlpad is '[baseurl]/auth/google/callback'
Env var: GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET

httpsPort
Port for SQLPad to listen on.
Env var: SQLPAD_HTTPS_PORT
Default: 443

ip
IP address to bind to. By default SQLPad will listen from all available addresses (0.0.0.0).
Env var: SQLPAD_IP
Default: 0.0.0.0

keyPath
Absolute path to where SSL certificate key is stored
Env var: KEY_PATH

passphrase
A string of text used to encrypt sensitive values when stored on disk.
Env var: SQLPAD_PASSPHRASE
Default: At least the sensitive bits won't be plain text?

port
Port for SQLPad to listen on.
Env var: SQLPAD_PORT
Default: 80

publicUrl
Public URL used for OAuth setup and email links. Protocol expected. Example: https://mysqlpad.com
Env var: PUBLIC_URL

queryResultMaxRows
By default query results are limited to 50,000 records.
Env var: SQLPAD_QUERY_RESULT_MAX_ROWS
Default: 50000

samlAuthContext
SAML authentication context URL
Env var: SAML_AUTH_CONTEXT

samlCallbackUrl
SAML callback URL
Env var: SAML_CALLBACK_URL

samlCert
SAML certificate in Base64
Env var: SAML_CERT

samlEntryPoint
SAML Entry point URL
Env var: SAML_ENTRY_POINT

samlIssuer
SAML Issuer
Env var: SAML_ISSUER

sessionMinutes
Minutes to keep a session active. Will extended by this amount each request.
Env var: SQLPAD_SESSION_MINUTES
Default: 60

slackWebhook
Supply incoming Slack webhook URL to post query when saved.
Env var: SQLPAD_SLACK_WEBHOOK

smtpFrom
From email address for SMTP. Required in order to send invitation emails.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_FROM

smtpHost
Host address for SMTP. Required in order to send invitation emails.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_HOST

smtpPassword
Password for SMTP.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_PASSWORD

smtpPort
Port for SMTP. Required in order to send invitation emails.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_PORT

smtpSecure
Toggle to use secure connection when using SMTP.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_SECURE
Default: true

smtpUser
Username for SMTP. Required in order to send invitation emails.
Env var: SQLPAD_SMTP_USER

systemdSocket
Acquire socket from systemd if available
Env var: SQLPAD_SYSTEMD_SOCKET

tableChartLinksRequireAuth
When false, table and chart result links will be operational without login.
Env var: SQLPAD_TABLE_CHART_LINKS_REQUIRE_AUTH
Default: true

whitelistedDomains
Allows pre-approval of email domains. Delimit multiple domains by empty space.
Env var: WHITELISTED_DOMAINS

Development

Developer guide

License

MIT