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How to separate MySQL Server from LAMP

Posted April 16, 2021 575 views
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i wanna have a server for php + apache2 and another server for MySQL.
i installed everything in each server but how can the 2 servers communicate what should i do to let my web app in the apache server communicate with the data base in the other server?
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bobbyiliev April 17, 2021

Hi there,

You will first need to allow remote connections for your MySQL server. You can do that by following the steps here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-allow-remote-access-to-mysql

After that on your Apache/PHP server you would need to use your MySQL server IP for your database connection strings.

Let me know how it goes.
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Bobby

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  • IhebZanina April 17, 2021

    Thank you it Worked <3!

    but when I change the bindaddress to my (APACHE+php) IP server and I restart the MySQL server he refuses to restart and showed me an error. It worked just if I set the IP address to 0.0.0.0 and that’s not good for security I just want my (apache+php) server to connect to MySQL.

    *When i checked /var/log/mysql/error.log it say

    Can’t start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address .

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