I'm trying to connect to Amazon RDS with MySQL workbench, but I keep running into this error:
Your connection attempt failed for user 'admin' from your host to server at database-2.cv15axugkvps.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306:
Can't connect to MySQL server on 'database-2.cv15axugkvps.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com' (60)Please: 1 Check that MySQL is running on the server database-2.cv15axugkvps.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com
2 Check that MySQL is running on port 3306 (note: 3306 is the default, but this can be changed)
3 Check the admin has rights to connect to database-2.cv15axugkvps.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com from your address (MySQL rights define what clients can connect to the server and from which machines)
4 Make sure you are both providing a password if needed and using the correct password for database-2.cv15axugkvps.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com connecting from the host address you're connecting from
I know my hostname, port, username, and password are all right. I even created a second database with a new username and password just to be sure I didn't forget the originals.
It looks like this person had a similar problem. They commented:
Okay, I take the blame for this one. I thought port 3306 was open for everywhere, but I had to assign it my IP address to allow traffic.I had to get my IP address (www.whatsmyip.org) and then add that as a 3306 port in my security group. If your IP is 12.34.56.78, choose "MySQL" from the "Create a New Rule" dropdown menu in you Security Group's "Inbound" tab. Then add 12.34.56.78/32 as the Source, click "Add Rule" then click "Apply Rule Changes"
I tried that but had the same problem.
