Re: New to mySQL - need advice on connecting to a standalone server remotely

[Filipe Silva]

Hi Narendra,

You need to use a hostname or an IP address that can be accessed from the outside, specifically from Google cloud servers.

I suppose that since your database is installed in your laptop you don't have an external IP for it, so you may have to resort to port forwarding or a DMZ setup in your router, if you have access to its configuration pages. Another option is to do some kind of tunneling to some other host that has public access. Anyway, none of this is to be configured on MySQL, it's all about setting up your Operating System. I'm sure you can find a myriad of instructions in the Internet on how to do it.

Once you get access, you may need to include the database name in your connection string. I see that you are missing it, right between the last slash and the question mark.

IHTH