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If this is the case then you can easily open up the port for the security group in a few button clicks:

1) Log into you AWS Console and go to ‘EC2’

2) On the left hand menu under ‘Network & Security’ go to ‘Security Groups’

3) Check the Security Group in question

4) Click on ‘Inbound tab’

5) Choose ‘MYSQL’ from drop down list and click ‘Add Rule’

  • START MYSQL using admin user
    • mysql -u admin-user -p (ENTER PASSWORD ON PROMPT)
  • Create a new user:
    • CREATE USER ‘newuser’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’; (% -> anyhost)
  • Grant Privileges:
    • GRANT SELECT,DELETE,INSERT,UPDATE ON db_name.* TO ‘newuser’@’%’;
    • FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

If you are running EC2 instance don’t forget to add the inbound rules in security group with MYSQL/Aurura.

Update the mysql binding address

Edit the file /etc/mysql/my.cnf, and change the binding address to 0.0.0.0

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bind-address = 0.0.0.0

then restart mysql server

sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

login to MySQL:

mysql -u root -p mysql (enter password after this)

Now write following commands:

CREATE USER 'foo'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-awesome-pass';

# grant privileges to table(s)
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_name.* TO 'foo'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;



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