Allow remote access MySQL, Ubuntu

Question

Im trying to allow remote accecss to MySQL on my Ubuntu server (VPS).

Im trying to access the database through an Java application Im building in Netbeans. Netbeans

Answer 1

You need to grant access to that database :

GRANT ALL ON foo.* TO bar@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

And also updated the firewall rules something like :

/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 3306 -j ACCEPT