Access mysql remote database from command line

Question

I have a server with Rackspace. I want to access the database from my local machine command line.

I tried like:

mysql -u username -h my.application.com         


        

Answer 1

I was too getting the same error. But found it useful by creating new mysql user on remote mysql server ans then connect. Run following command on remote server:

CREATE USER 'openvani'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'openvani'@'localhost WITH GRANT 
OPTION;
CREATE USER 'openvani'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'openvani'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Now you can connect with remote mysql with following command.

mysql -u openvani -h 'any ip address'-p

Here is the full post:

http://openvani.com/blog/connect-remotely-mysql-server/