Switch MySQL to listen on TCP
By default, MySQL only allows connections from the localhost address. The configuration file is usually found in /etc/mysql/my.cnf
You will want to comment out the bind-address line by making it look like this:
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
Next, you will need to restart the database server:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
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