Allow all remote connections, MySQL

Question

I had been using SQL Server and am now using MySQL for a project. With SQL Server, our developers can connect to the remote database on their local machines if they know the

Answer 1

Install and setup mysql to connect from anywhere remotely DOES NOT WORK WITH mysql_secure_installation ! (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-secure-installation.html)

On Ubuntu, Install mysql using:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Have just the below in /etc/mysql/my.cnf

[mysqld]
#### Unix socket settings (making localhost work)
user            = mysql
pid-file        = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

#### TCP Socket settings (making all remote logins work)
port            = 3306
bind-address = 0.0.0.0

Login into DB from server using

mysql -u root -p

Create DB user using the below statement

grant all privileges on *.* to ‘username’@‘%’ identified by ‘password’;

Open firewall:

sudo ufw allow 3306

Restart mysql

sudo service mysql restart