I am having a bit of trouble accessing my database remotely from my home pc in mysql workbench.
Steps: Set the bind address to 0.0.0.0 in mysqld.cnf GRANT ALL ON . TO ‘userName’@‘localhost’; GRANT ALL ON . TO ‘userName’@‘%’; flush privileges; sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
In the db my user appears with a % under host meaning they have remote access but I still get access denied for ‘userName’@‘localhost’ in workbench.
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Hello,
In WorkBench, you would need to specify the IP address of your droplet instead of localhost. Also note that as you’ve allowed remote MySQL access to your droplet, you should not use an SSH tunnel for WorkBench.
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
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