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Database proxy

Notebooks

If 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.
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.

To get started with our database proxy, please to refer to our public Github repo for installation and use.