Remote MySQL®
Overview
This feature allows remote hosts (servers) to access MySQL® databases on your account. This is useful, for example, if you wish to allow shopping cart or guestbook applications on other servers to access your databases.
Warning:
Your hosting provider may add remote hosts to this list at the server level. If you see a hostname or IP address that you do not recognize, or remove a hostname or IP address that reappears later, contact your hosting provider.
Add Access Host
To specify remote hosts that can access MySQL databases on your account, perform the following steps:
- Enter the host’s name in the Host text box.
Notes:
- You may enter a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address.
- You may use the percentage sign character ( % ) as a wildcard. For example, to allow access from all IP addresses that begin with 192.68.0, enter 192.68.0%.
- You must follow MySQL rules to use a range of IP addresses. For more information, you can read MySQL’s documentation for Specifying Account Names.
Notes:
- You must limit this description to 255 ASCII characters or fewer.
- This step is optional.
Manage Access Hosts
This section of the database lists the remote hosts on your account and allows you to delete each host.
Edit a description
To Edit the description for a remote host, enter the new text and click Update. A message of success will appear.
Delete an access host
To deny database access to a remote host, perform the following steps:
- Click Delete next to the host’s name or IP address. A confirmation message will appear.
- Click Remove Access Host. A message of success will appear.
