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How To: Enable Remote MySQL Connections on Ubuntu Server

Posted byuserRalph on August 31st, 2015.

1. Identify public IP address: 2. Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf, replacing the value for bind-address, usually 127.0.0.1 with your public IP address derived above: 3. Type the following to enter the MySQL shell and provide your password: 4. Grant remote access to the desired MySQL user with the following command, replacing ‘root’ with the desired user and […]