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We are on AWS, with a MySql RDS. The RDS is set up so that only clients that are on the VPC can access it. (Just being VPN'd in is not good enough)

So I assume that I could set up a tunnel,proxy, etc... But the questions was raised if it were possible to have mysql-workbench running in the cloud, on the VPC, and do some sort of x-windows (x11) type thing locally on my laptop?

I am running ubuntu, but others have a Mac.

Any ideas how this might be achieved?

UPDATE

So they want to try x11 and see how the responsiveness is. I know this is too general, but does someone have a good starting point for me?

mmaceachran
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  • so go across the VPC? - for all intents and purposes it's on your LAN – Sum1sAdmin May 12 '16 at 20:46
  • why not use http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ instead? – alexus May 12 '16 at 20:49
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    probably because he's using workbench, do you understand the difference between a web server and database server? – Sum1sAdmin May 12 '16 at 21:25
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    While theoretically possible, it's pretty much a terrible idea, because it will be sluggish and unresponsive. If you have the connectivity necessary for this, then you have the connectivity necessary to use a simple ssh tunnel... which is not that difficult. – Michael - sqlbot May 12 '16 at 23:51
  • Create a tiny EC2 instance for tunneling is simple. Setup x-env in EC2 also introduce security issues. And running workbench need a better EC2 instance. – mootmoot May 13 '16 at 14:17

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