Connecting cyfe with aws ec2 database

cyfe

# By default aws does not allow remote connection to database
# So we will need to enable it to connect with cyfe

# **Step 1: Create new database user**
# For two reasons
# i. We don't want to give root access to any application
# ii. By default root has access from localhost only
# Don't define host for this user(wildcard)

# Step 2: Allow access from remote server
# Edit my.cnf located at /etc/mysql/my.cnf
# Make sure line skip-networking is commented
# Change Bind address to 0.0.0.0 (this is less secure but required here)

# Step 3: Restart mysql

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