Python - SSH Tunnel Setup and MySQL DB Access

Question

I am trying to connect to my server from my local(windows) and access the MySQL DB

With the below code setting up the SSH tunnel through putty, I am not able to acce

Answer 1

You can use sshtunnel wrapper for paramiko and save you headaches ;)

from sshtunnel import SSHTunnelForwarder
import MySQLdb

with SSHTunnelForwarder(
         ('host', 22),
         ssh_password="password",
         ssh_username="username",
         remote_bind_address=('127.0.0.1', 3308)) as server:

    con = None
    con = mdb.connect(user='user',passwd='password',db='database',host='127.0.0.1',port=server.local_bind_port)
    cur = con.cursor()