How to allow the desktop application to access the MySQL DB on a Microsoft server?

Question

I'm building a desktop application using Java and a MySQL Database.

The MySQL Database is supposed to be connected within the desktop application, is stored on the MySQL server on the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard.

I installed the desktop application on two different PCs on the same Network.

(So the DB on the server and the app on the Clients PCs)

The problem is: The desktop application is not working, since the clients PCs can't access the MySQL DB.

My Questions are:

• How do I allow the desktop application on a client PC to access the MySQL DB on a server?

• Do I need to change the code that is supposed to connect to the Database on the Microsoft Server?

   public static Connection Connerdb() { try { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/TestDB",root, " " ); return con; } catch (ClassNotFoundException | SQLException e){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e); return null; } } 

Answer 1

You have "localhost" in the JDBC URL. You should use the IP address or the DNS name of the MySQL host.