Linking MySQL Workbench to my Remote Server

Question

I\'ve just downloaded MySQL Workbench.

But I don\'t quite understand how to syn this with the databases on my remote server.

Work bench asks for \"hostname\" so

Answer 1

Your phpMyAdmin seems to run on the same server as the database itself.

Therefore, it can use username@localhost to connect to the server.

You would need to make mySQL accept connections from outside localhost by adding another user username@% (% meaning "any host").

Note however that this is not good practice - if you have a static IP, consider limiting access to that one address.