I am trying to run a PHP script to dump some database tables from a remote host. Rather than connecting to my remote host, the error shows "access denied" with the IP address of my ISP. I can connect to other remote servers without a problem. I am also unable to connect using HeidiSQL and MySQL Workbench (access denied also).
Any ideas?
In order to allow for remote connections, you'll need to toggle allowed addresses for access. You'll be able to do this through a control panel associated with your database.
Your mysql.ini (if on windows) or mysql.cnf (if on linux) denies remote access to the database server. If you have access to mysql configuration file remove the following line
bind-address = 127.0.0.0
Restart mysql server and you should be good.
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Good day,
I am using Kubernetes to run containers on the google container engine.
The idea is to run two containers in a pod. One container uses the docker mysql image, the other runs php, laravel, nginx and composer.
Locally, this works. The idea is that the php can connect to the database on localhost, and this should work if both containers are in the same pod. However, when the pod is launched, we see the following message in the log:
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
The only difference is that when testing locally, I change localhost to the internal docker ip.
Thanks and good day
On Unix, MySQL programs treat the host name localhost specially, in a way that is likely different from what you expect compared to other network-based programs. For connections to localhost, MySQL programs attempt to connect to the local server by using a Unix socket file. This occurs even if a --port or -P option is given to specify a port number. To ensure that the client makes a TCP/IP connection to the local server, use --host or -h to specify a host name value of 127.0.0.1, or the IP address or name of the local server. You can also specify the connection protocol explicitly, even for localhost, by using the --protocol=TCP option. For example:
shell> mysql --host=127.0.0.1
shell> mysql --protocol=TCP
The --protocol option enables you to establish a particular type of connection even when the other options would normally default to some other protocol.
The other solution is using Kubernetes Volume abstraction to share a path between containers. Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf on both containers' images and change socket location for both MySQL server and client to point to the shared directory or disk.
MySQL comes preconfigured to only support named pipe connections on the localhost, if you are going to connect to it from another logical machine you need to locate the following line in your my.cnf file...
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
and replace it with...
bind-address = {your network ip here}
Once you have enabled the bind address restart your mysql server, check the error log to ensure that no exceptions occurred with binding the address, and then login as root and create a new user account attached to that ip address which you can then use to access MySQL from any other logical machine as long as you connect to it using the IP address you defined in my.cnf.
Please note by default the root account is only accessible from the localhost so you will either need to create a new user account or alter the root account to support remote connections (not secure)
I have an application in which I have to access all pc connected to same network and their MySql Databases and I also want want to connect to remotely a server.
Actually I have list of drop down services and each service holding a database name. when I select a service then I want to build connection to database either it lies on same network or any remote server.
Remember, I know the hostname, username, password and dbname. and I am using mysqli_connect function.
I have try multiple options given on web, but all in vain. e.g grant host and user access. But not found any solution can help to solve my problem.
I have try bind-address option in my.conf file but no solution.
Here is my code
For remote Server
$con = new mysqli_connect('xxx xxx xxx:3306', 'username', 'pass', 'dbname');
For local Network
$con = new mysqli_connect('xxxx xxx xxx:3306', 'localhost', '', 'talent');
Error
mysqli::mysqli();(HY000/2002): A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. and also get this one earlier Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'username'#'localhost' (using password: YES).
I am using windows platform. WIndow 8.1
I guess you want to access mysql database installed on different computers on same network as your computer and also on some remote server.
What you need is IP Addresses of all the computers on which the mysql server is installed including the remote server. And on each such computer mysql server remote access should be enabled for your computer's IP Address and mysql user you are using in 'new mysqli_connect()'. See this tutorial.
Also as fvu said check php documentation for 'mysqli_connect' function.
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What is SSH?
1. SSH is SecureSHell.
2. Its nothing but a remote login tool or program(like telnet but in secured way).
3. Remote login is logging in to some other computer(known as remote computer) as a user of that computer from your computer.
4. After you successfully logged in to the remote computer via ssh, you can type commands on that remote computer on behalf of the user you are loggen in with.
5. Consider this as if you are sitting in front of your computer and watching the command prompt(terminal in linux and mac) screen of the remote computer.
6. Whataver you will type here will reflect there.
For your knowledge to make you understand the problem:
1. When you install XAMPP or WAMP on your computer it also installs MySQL Server with it.
2. MySQL Server is a process running in the background to which we can request to do
database operations like SELECT, UPDATE, etc.
3. This thing we generally do using 'mysql_connect' or 'mysqli_connect' in php.
4. MySQL Server can have many users and different users have different previledges/permissions. So that MySQL admin user(i.e. root) can control what things are allowed and not allowed for a user.
5. Now while connecting to the mysql server process we need to specify the user credentials. That you specify in mysqli_connect function.
Now let me explain you why you are getting that error:
1. The user credentials you are using either does not exist or not correct or the user has no access to connect to MySQL Server process remotely. i.e. from other computer that the one has MySQL Server installed on. In your case from your computer to computer A or to computer B or remote server.
2. The other reason may be the firewall settings of remote computers.
Solution:
1. For computer A and computer B you don't need ssh you can directly go to the computer and open command prompt on it and type commands.
2. But for remote computer you need to use ssh.
3. Now another problem is you are using Windows so ssh program will not be available to you.
4. You will need to download putty program. Its ssh implementation for windows. Same as ssh only name is different.
5. Take a putty tutorial to connect to remote server.
6. Then you can use this tutorial for granting remote login access to mysql user you are using in mysqli_connect function.
If the server is a local hosted database and you can connect to it from local host and i you are not able to connect to it from a remote machine consider the following options.
There is a firewall in ubuntu that you need to open, you do this by granting access in IPtables.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 3306 -j ACCEPT And now we should be able to login to our server from our local machine:
mysql -h255.112.324.12 -uroot -pMyPASSWORD
You need
to grant access to mysql: https://askubuntu.com/questions/159053/mysql-server-not-accessible-from-remote-machine
as root, open your /etc/mysql/my.cnf with your favorite editor look for the [mysqld] section, and in there for the bind-address keyword. This usually is set to 127.0.0.1 -- change that to match your "normal" IP-address save the file, and reload the service (e.g. using service mysql restart)
Last but not least you need to give remote access in mysql:
GRANT ALL ON mydb.* TO root#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyPASSWORD';
Find more information here: http://web.archive.org/web/20120930214828/http://chosencollective.com/technology/how-to-enable-remote-access-to-mysql
Right now you seem to be mixing object-oriented and procedural approaches. If you want to use object-orented approach, mysqli object should be instantiated as follows:
$con = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $dbname, $socket); // all but first parameter are optional
If you want to use procedural approach, mysqli connection resource should be created as follows:
$con = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $dbname, $socket); // all but first parameter are optional
I have website example.com, it contains a MySQL server. I have another example.org, both are different domains. I want to access the MySQL server on example.com from example.org. How would it be possible?
You will need to set the remote example.com when you call the database connection initialization function. For example:
mysqli_connect("example.com", 'username', 'password', 'database name');
But you will need to check whether example.com's MySQL server is set to accept connections from other hosts (see the bind-address directive in your my.cnf or my.ini), and that the username you connect with is set to be able to connect from external domains.
Consider the following Users page of phpMyAdmin:
It is clear that only user test has access from outside domains (% in the Host field). Not shown on the image, but user test has full privilege on the database called test. The other users are bound to the local domain, even though the server is set to accept connections from the outside, when authenticating, users are thrown a denial.
You can connect to remote MySQL server. Just have to make sure that the remote server is binding to public address.
Here's how: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/mysql/switch-mysql-to-listen-on-tcp/
You can connect to any MySQL server wherever it is, as long as it's setup for remote connection.
Depending on your operating system and webserver of choice, the settings will be different, but a good place to start is by (if using linux) looking here:
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
In this file you will find:
bind-address: 127.0.0.1
You will change this to the IP address of the server and then restart the mysql daemon.
..and now you can connect remotely ;)
website A: hosted on some free web host.
website B: my server
I want to connect from website B-(client) to mysql server of website A-(my server).
I've granted remote permission on mysql user with %.
But connection doesn't work. I've tried to run php script (mysql_connect) on different free web hosts.
000webhost.com : Can't connect to MySQL server on 'My SERVER IP' (4)
biz.nf : Lost connection to MySQL server during query
same script different mysql errors.
this php script run smoothly on my online SERVER, and also on localhost setup (connecting remotely to SERVER).
Is something else I've to configure on my SERVER?
I know that free web hosts doesn't allow remote mysql connection but in my situation I'm trying to connect with my own mysql server.
Does "remote mysql access" means both in and out connetion?
I've search a lot, something to do with ip-binding or port? I dont know where is actual problem?
Kindly help me out.
Tell mysql that it should listen on a fixed IP address, not 127.0.0.1 or localhost.
open file /etc/mysql/my.cnf (or /etc/my.cnf):
before
# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
after
# INSERT YOUR IP Address here
bind-address = 192.168.45.1
#bind-address=127.0.0.1
Then restart your mysql server. HTH
Does your remote website's firewall allow external connections to the MySQL Port 3306?
Find this out to make sure you aren't spinning your tires
Help!
I have a PHP (PHP 5.2.5) script on HOST1 trying to connect to an MySql database HOST2. Both hosts are in Shared Host environments controlled through CPanel.
HOST2 is set to allow remote database connections from HOST1.
The PHP connect I'm using is:-
$h2 = IPADDRESS;
$dbu = DBUSER;
$dbp = DBPASS;
$DBlink = mysql_connect($h2, $dbu, $dbp);
This always fails with:-
Access denied for user '<dbusername>'#'***SOMESTRING***' (using password: YES)
nb: SOMESTRING looks like it could be something to do with the shared host environment.
Any ideas???
BTW: I can make remote connections to HOST2 from my laptop using OpenOffice via ODBC, and SQLyog. The SQLyog and ODBC settings are exactly the same as the PHP script is trying to use.
somestring is probably the reverse-lookup for your web-server.
Can you modify privileges from your cPanel? Have you done anything to allow access from your workstation (ODBC)?
The error-message seems to indicate that you have network-access to the mysql-server, but not privileges for your username from that specific host.
If you're allowed to grant privileges for your database, invoking:
GRANT SELECT ON database.* TO username#ip.address.of.host1 IDENTIFIED BY 'password'
might work for you. I just wrote this out of my head, you might want to doublecheck the syntax in mysql-docs.
Have you read the MySQL documentation on Causes of Access denied Errors?
Have you contacted support for your hosting provider? They should have access to troubleshoot the database connection. People on the internet do not have access.
Do you need to specify the database name? Your account might have access to connect only to a specific database. The mysql_connect() function does not allow you do specify the database, but new mysqli() does. I'm not sure if this is relevant -- it might allow you to connect but give you errors when you try to query tables that aren't in your database.
Are you sure you're using the right password? MySQL allows each account to have a different password per client host. Admittedly, this is not a common configuration, but it's possible. Your hosting provider should be able to tell you.
Just some ideas:
HOST1 does not have remote access to HOST2 (shared host is disallowing)
MySQL account does not have access from HOST1 (IP address specified on account creation, or wildcard)
Edit:
In response to your comment, I meant that HOST1 cannot get to the MySQL port on HOST2. Web services will work, of course, because port 80 is open to the public. As another user pointed out though, you are getting a response, so you are reaching it. I would try specifying the DB, and double checking the account creation command you ran.
For the second piece, I meant this: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html
You can specify what host the username can connect from. If it isn't set to HOST2's IP or the wildcard, HOST2 can't log in with those credentials.
The error message means that you can contact the mySql server, but the user you are trying to log in as, does not have access.
Either the user does not have access at all, or it has access locally, but not from the host you are connecting from.
You should try to use the hostname and port like $h2 = IPADDRESS:3307;