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Development Tools Database Foundations Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database Setting up Multiple Users

Elena Paraschiv
Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points
Posted by Elena Paraschiv
Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points

conect to a hosting account domain

Hi,

I was tryign to connect with my hosting account details on workbench on my computer When I created a new connection I added at hostname the IP address and then the username and pasword details I had from my host provider. When I tried to Test the Conection I got an error saying that the host is not allowed to connect to the MySql server. Can someone help?

1 Answer

Boris Ridderikhoff
Boris Ridderikhoff
13,605 Points
Boris Ridderikhoff
Boris Ridderikhoff
13,605 Points

Hi Elena,

Hosting providers tend to block remote connections to their database servers. Sometimes it is possible to whitelist your IP address in the hosting administration panel. If not, try contacting your hosting provider and ask them to whitelist your IP address.