MySQL Commands

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0500

Connect to MySQL

1mysql -u aamnah -p —h db.mysite.com -P 3306 db_name

1mysql --user=username --password=password --host=host --port=3306 db_name

options	values
`-u` or `--user`	username
`-p` or `--password`	password
`-h` or `--host`	host (default: localhost)
`-P` or `--port`	Port (default: 3306)

Replace db_name with the name of the database you want to connect to.

Check if MySQl port is open on current server

The default port is 3306

1netstat -tln

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3306          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN

If MySQL is running at host and the port is open and you still can’t connect,

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MySQL Commands

Connect to MySQL

Check if MySQl port is open on current server