# Using the Teleport Database Service

The Teleport Database Service proxies connections to databases protected by Teleport. Read more about deploying the Teleport Database Service and enrolling databases:

- [Dynamic Registration](https://goteleport.com/docs/enroll-resources/database-access/guides/dynamic-registration.md): Learn how to enroll databases without re-deploying the Teleport Database Service.
- [Health Checks](https://goteleport.com/docs/enroll-resources/database-access/guides/health-checks.md): Learn how to configure Teleport database health checks and view health information.

The Teleport Database Service is one service that you can run on an a Teleport **agent.** Read the [Teleport Agents](https://goteleport.com/docs/enroll-resources/agents.md) documentation for all of the methods you can use to join agents to your cluster in order to proxy various kinds of infrastructure resources.