I am running on windows os. I want to set up an ODBC connection to MySQL on my Digital Ocean Droplet. I have ODBC set up on my computer. What I cannot seem to find is good documentation regarding setting up my droplet to accept the connection and setting up username and password. Thank you.
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Hello, @dukesnuz
You can check this tutorial for allowing remote access to your MySQL database. You need to allow connection on the MySQL port which is 3306 by default.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-allow-remote-access-to-mysql
As for the mysql connection itself using ODBC you can check these two articles:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-odbc/en/connector-odbc-configuration-dsn-windows-5-2.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/windows-and-ssh.html
https://help.interfaceware.com/v6/connect-to-mysql-from-windows-with-odbc
Hope this helps!
Regards, Alex
The answer by Alex is very good, I would also suggest that you check out this links more
Also, I found this article which is also very good and am sure that it’s what you are looking for Connect to MySql Using ODBC
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