I’m trying to connect MYSQL WorkBench to a db on digitalocean droplet. I follow the link:
But still getting the following error:
Failed to Connect to MySQL at localhost:3306 through SSH tunnel at root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with user root
Cannot open SSH Tunnel: Connection refused
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Hello,
It sounds like that the SSH connection is timing out. Are you able to SSH to the server directly as per the instructions here?
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/
Regards, Bobby
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