Question
Connection failed: Host 'xxx.xxx.xx.xxxx' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
- Posted on June 7, 2019
- MySQLDatabasesUbuntu 18.04
Asked by dmy37
Hello, can anyone help me with this issue?
Connection failed: Host ‘xxx.xxx.xx.xxxx’ is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
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Hi, mysql supports per host permissions which means that your database user must have permission to be able to connect from IP “xxx.xxx.xx.xxxx”.
Here is the relevant mysql documentation:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/access-control.html
More specific to your issue, this sub-section details how it compares the
userand thehostthe user is connecting from:https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/connection-access.html
This stackoverflow answer has a good overview on making sure you can access your mysql database remotely, including example configs and permission statements:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/32716003
Good luck!