How do I connect MySQL to my Django Project

Question

I have a Django app with running on the default sqlite3 database, but I want to connect it to a MySQL database. I have created a database in my cpanel host and configured the settings in my Django app settings as follows:

'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'my_db_name',
'USER': 'my_username',
'PASSWORD': 'my_db_user_password',
'HOST': 'my_domain',
'PORT': '3306',

This is the response I get when I try to run my app with the settings above:

django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1045, "Access denied for user 'my_username'@'a_certain_IP' (using password: YES)")

This certain_IP is not my host Shared IP Address . I am not good with SQL, I need help please. Is there anywhere I need to set to allow password login?

Answer 1

Your port should be integer. If that doesn't work double check your credentials