How to connect to WSL mysql from Host Windows

Question

I am trying to connect HeidiSql from the host to my WSL Mysql but I could not get it to connect it

Error \"can\'t connect to Mysql server on \'127.0.0.1\'\"

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Answer 1

Since your question is asked before WSL2 release, So I assume you were using WSL1, for WSL1 you can access WSL1 MySQL directly from windows, but you were access in a wrong way, in the NetWork type, you should choose MariaDb or MySQL(TCP/IP) instead of MySQL (SSH Tunnel)

For WSL2 check this WSL github issue, save @edwindijas's powershell script and execute it by administrator, you may still can not access MySQL , and got access denied for user ... .mshome.net, you need to allow this user access it from this host, let's say root, you need execute this in mysql cli:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%.mshome.net' IDENTIFIED BY '';

Or allow root user access WSL2 MySQL from any host:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';