Ubuntu Server: MySQL setup hostname to respond to domainname?

Question

Can someone help me out how to setup my MySQL to respond to domain name or IP Address so It can be accessed outside?

Thanks

Answer 1

There is no special setting required to make a mysql server listen to a network socket. There only is a setting to suppress that default behaviour you might want to check. It is found in the main server configuration, usually /etc/my.cnf :

# Remove leading # if you don't want to listen on network (only socket - safer)
# skip-networking

In addition you obviously have to open the network port in your firewall to be able to access from outside. Usually that is port 3306.