Connecting to MySQL database via SSH

Question

I am trying to connect my python program to a remote MySQL Database via SSH.

I am using Paramiko for SSH and SQLAlchemy.

Here is what I have so far:

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Answer 1

Using external ubuntu server

With ssh key on digital ocean

The accepted answer did not work for me, I had to specify the ssh_private_key, which is the path to your private key

from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sshtunnel import SSHTunnelForwarder

server = SSHTunnelForwarder(
     ('133.22.166.19', 22),
     ssh_password="123ABC123",
     ssh_username="erfan",
     ssh_private_key=r'C:\Users\Erfan\.ssh\id_rsa',
     remote_bind_address=('127.0.0.1', 3306)
)

server.start()

engine = create_engine(
    f'mysql+mysqldb://root:safepassword123@127.0.0.1:{server.local_bind_port}'
)
dbs = engine.execute('SHOW DATABASES;')
for db in dbs:
    print(db)

server.stop()