By Orkhan
I created the server few days ago with PhpMyAdmin installed. Since then I’ve been able to set up SFTP and transfer files, and I’ve created databases and users on PhpMyAdmin. However, when I try to connect to those databases I get an error saying this:
Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 0
I’ve tried changing the hosts.allow file to the server IP, but even then I get the same error.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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This question was answered by @sierracircle:
in phpmyadmin, top-level (not selecting a particular database) Users.
under “Host” set it at % rather than localhost.
or, if you have a specific IP you will be accessing it from, you can set it at your IP address.
After that you should be able to access your database.
Having said all that: doing that is not very secure and will probably be hacked. Usually you want some intermediary between you and a remote database, like PHP or some other server-side language.
Alternatively, you can first SSH into your remote server and then you should also be able to access it. That is probably the most secure way.
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