How to connect to MySQL server on another host?

Question

Django can simply connect to its own MySQL server by setting HOST and PORT in settings.py as \'\' (empty string):

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Answer 1

By default, Debian-based distros configure MySQL to bind to localhost only, which means that other hosts cannot connect to it. Fix your MySQL configuration and it will work.

Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and change this line:

bind-address = 127.0.0.1

To this:

bind-address = 0.0.0.0

This will expose MySQL to all network interfaces, so make sure that you have security measures in place if this server is exposed to untrusted hosts.