I provisioned this MySQL droplet: https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/mysql
I am able to administer MySQL if I SSH via terminal, or if I go to http://my-ip-address/phpmyadmin
But I need to connect to my DB remotely. Whether I try to connect via terminal, or something like Sequel PRO, the connection fails with this error:
Host 'xxx.xxx.xxx' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
I followed every step of this guide (including setting bind-address to 0.0.0.0), but nothing changes and I’m still unable to connect: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-allow-remote-access-to-mysql
Any ideas?
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Hi @geochanto,
Have you created a new user that will only connect from the remote host? If not suggest you create a new user and try again.
You can get your local machine IP: https://whatismyipaddress.com/
CREATE USER 'sammy'@'remote_IP' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
ALTER USER 'sammy'@'remote_IP' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
GRANT CREATE, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT, REFERENCES, RELOAD on *.* TO 'sammy'@'remote_IP' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Regards, Rajkishore
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