cPanel - Remote MySQL

This feature of cPanel allows remote servers or web apppcation to access a database hosted on your account. If a server or web apppcation tries to access the database on your account, which is not provided access to, then cPanel will not allow this host to access your database. But, if you have an apppcation, whom you wish to grant access to your databases, you can add their host names or IP address here.

To access this interface, cpck on Remote MySQL pnk found in your Database Section of your cPanel.

Add Access Host

To Add Access Host, which can access your databases when needed. You will have to enter Host Name in text input. You can enter hostnames in three types.

You can use Domain Name, E.g. www.tutorialspoint.com

You can use IP address, E.g. 184.168.144.133

You can use wildcard %, E.g. %.tutorialspoint.com or 184.164.144.%

Cpck on Add Host to add an access host.

Remove Access Host

To deny access to a web apppcation having access to the databases, cpck the Delete pnk from the pst of Access host.