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title: "Databases overview"
description: "Connect and manage your databases, control syncing and scanning, secure your connections, and upload data."
url: "https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/start"
version: "65"
---

# Databases overview

## [Adding and managing databases](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/connecting.md)

Connect to and manage your databases.

## [Database users, roles, and privileges](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/users-roles-privileges.md)

Bundling your privileges into roles based on use cases makes it easier to manage privileges in the future.

## [Syncing and scanning databases](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/sync-scan.md)

Metabase runs different types of queries to stay up to date with your database.

## [Encrypting your database connection](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/encrypting-details-at-rest.md)

Learn how to encrypt your database connection credentials at rest.

## [SSH tunneling](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/ssh-tunnel.md)

Metabase can connect to some databases by first establishing a connection to a server in between Metabase and a data warehouse, then connecting to the data warehouse using that connection as a bridge.

## [SSL certificate](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/ssl-certificates.md)

You can connect your Metabase Cloud or self-hosted instance to a database using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption with a certificate.

## [Uploading data](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/uploads.md)

You can set Metabase up so you can upload CSV files to a database.