Database proxy
NotebooksIf a database is not accessible through the public internet, it can be accessed by installing a self-hosted database proxy on the same private network in which case data would flow from the source, through that proxy and to the browser without ever leaving the network.
![Diagram of the data flow when using the self-hosted database proxy. Data never leaves the customer's network, notebooks are served from Observable's servers.](/documentation/assets/proxy-self-hosted.gqTEBi7e.png)
![Diagram of the data flow when using the Observable-hosted database proxy. Notebooks are served from Observable's servers, data flows through Observable's infrastructure.](/documentation/assets/proxy-observable-hosted.h-p3GVjZ.png)
To get started with our database proxy, please to refer to our public Github repo for installation and use.