Keeping your data secure
Vaclic do not support direct remote MySQL connections due to the security risk this places upon your account and data.
To connect to MySQL from a remote location, you must forward a port using SSH. SSH provides a secure, authenticated and encrypted channel for your MySQL connections.
SSH keys are required for authentication, and these can be configured in your control panel, in the 'SSH Access' section.
Your MySQL desktop application may have SSH Tunnelling/Port Forwarding built in - if it does then you should use this to connect securely using SSH.
Details on specific SSH client configurations for forwarded ports are beyond the scope of this article, but there are many guides available online for popular SSH clients, such as Putty.
The remote port should connect to 127.0.0.1:3306 (the standard MySQL port on localhost)
