Using the LEMP Marketplace image, what’s the step by step way of allowing MySQL access from remote connections?
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Hey friend!
Great question. These steps should do it.
Setting MySQL to allow remote connections:
sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g' /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
systemctl restart mysql
Creating a remote user:
mysql
create user 'username'@'ipaddress' identified by 'password';
quit
Jarland
Hi Jarland,
That series of commands to create a user don’t quite work…
ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for ‘username’@‘ipaddress’
PS I started by simply creating from an image and then logging in, no other steps.
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