Comments on: MySQL: How to allow connections from outside of localhost

By: rainbof

rainbof — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:06:59 +0000

has “an error” some description ?

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:47:59 +0000

Sorry but it doesnt works in my localhost, it gives me an error, any other option?

By: Julian Schrader

Julian Schrader — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:21:35 +0000

@Doug Films: Thanks for mentioning that—very important! grant all on database.* to 'user'@'localhost' identified by 'password' won't let you connect from outside—the following will: grant all on database.* to 'user' identified by 'password'

By: Doug Films

Doug Films — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:05:02 +0000

Just in case anyone reading doesn’t realise. You also have to make sure the user you’re connecting with has the permissions to access remotely. Most users have “localhost” in the Host field which means only local connections. But if you put “%” in that field thats the MySQL equivalent of a wildcard allowing any host connection.

By: offshore dedicated team

offshore dedicated team — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:49:37 +0000

I also have problems with MySQL, after reading this post I hope to forget about them, thanks a lot!

By: I Beam new york

I Beam new york — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:12:13 +0000

Really it is very helpful and thanks for sharing it.

By: Julian Schrader

Julian Schrader — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:30:51 +0000

I thought about it—actually, CocoaMySQL offers to connect via SSH tunnels, but each time I try, it gives me a MySQL error—whether I configure it to use a tunnel or not, it acts just the same.

But I’ll have another try on this issue, it’s true—it’s more secure via SSH (and less to fiddle around).

By: Bernhard Häussner

Bernhard Häussner — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:07:35 +0000

I would recommend using SSH-tunneling. It’s using an encrypted connection and only server and ssh-connected machines can acces your mysql-db. This schould be an advantege since MySQL-passwords are usually stored in configuration files etc. so someone who got these can access your database form everywhere. But your ssh password/passphrase is nowhere written down so hard to find out.

If you are running a local test server, you can even run your application with the database on the server without changing any configurations.