diff --git a/tidb-cloud/connect-via-standard-connection-serverless.md b/tidb-cloud/connect-via-standard-connection-serverless.md index 9840381bfe9fe..d8cf180f10989 100644 --- a/tidb-cloud/connect-via-standard-connection-serverless.md +++ b/tidb-cloud/connect-via-standard-connection-serverless.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ summary: Learn how to connect to your TiDB Serverless cluster via public endpoin # Connect to TiDB Serverless via Public Endpoint -This document describes how to connect to your TiDB Serverless cluster via a public endpoint, using a SQL client from your computer. +This document describes how to connect to your TiDB Serverless cluster via a public endpoint, using a SQL client from your computer, as well as how to disable a public endpoint. + +## Connect via a public endpoint > **Tip:** > @@ -34,6 +36,28 @@ To connect to a TiDB Serverless cluster via public endpoint, take the following > > When you connect to a TiDB Serverless cluster, you must include the prefix for your cluster in the user name and wrap the name with quotation marks. For more information, see [User name prefix](/tidb-cloud/select-cluster-tier.md#user-name-prefix). +## Disable a public endpoint + +If you do not need to use a public endpoint of a TiDB Serverless cluster, you can disable it to prevent connections from the internet: + +1. Navigate to the [**Clusters**](https://tidbcloud.com/console/clusters) page, and then click the name of your target cluster to go to its overview page. + +2. Click **Networking** in the left navigation pane and click **Disable** in the right pane. A confirmation dialog is displayed. + +3. Click **Disable** in the confirmation dialog. + +After disabling the public endpoint, the `Public` entry in the **Endpoint Type** drop-down list of the connect dialog is disabled. If users are still trying to access the cluster from the public endpoint, they will get an error. + +> **Note:** +> +> Disabling the public endpoint does not affect existing connections. It only prevents new connections from the internet. + +You can re-enable the public endpoint after disabling it: + +1. Navigate to the [**Clusters**](https://tidbcloud.com/console/clusters) page, and then click the name of your target cluster to go to its overview page. + +2. Click **Networking** in the left navigation pane and click **Enable** in the right pane. + ## What's next After you have successfully connected to your TiDB cluster, you can [explore SQL statements with TiDB](/basic-sql-operations.md).