How to connect to Mysql Server inside VirtualBox Vagrant?

Question

I mounted a new VirtualBox Machine with Vagrant, and inside that VM I installed Mysql Server. How can I connect to that server outside the vm? I already forward the port 3306 of the Vagrantfile , but when I try to connect to the mysql server, it`s resposts with the error: 'reading initial communication packet'

ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 0

Answer 1

Make sure MySQL binds to 0.0.0.0 and not 127.0.0.1 or it will not be accessible from outside the machine

You can ensure this by editing the /etc/mysql/my.conf file and looking for the bind-address item--you want it to look like bind-address = 0.0.0.0. Then save this and restart MySQL:

sudo service mysql restart

If you are doing this on a production server, you want to be aware of the security implications, discussed here: https://serverfault.com/questions/257513/how-bad-is-setting-mysqls-bind-address-to-0-0-0-0

Answer 2

Log in to your box with ssh vagrant@127.0.0.1 -p 2222 (password vagrant)

Then: sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment out the following lines with #

#skip-external-locking 
#bind-address

save it & exit

then: sudo service mysql restart

Then you can connect through SSH to your MySQL server.

Answer 3

I came across this issue recently. I used PuPHPet to generate a config.

To connect to MySQL through SSH, the "vagrant" password was not working for me, instead I had to authenticate through the SSH key file.

To connect with MySQL Workbench

Connection method

Standard TCP/IP over SSH

SSH

Hostname: 127.0.0.1:2222 (forwarded SSH port)
Username: vagrant
Password: (do not use)
SSH Key File: C:\vagrantpath\puphpet\files\dot\ssh\insecure_private_key
              (Locate your insercure_private_key)

MySQL

Server Port: 3306
username: (root, or username)
password: (password)

Test the connection.

Answer 4

For anyone trying to do this using mysql workbench or sequel pro these are the inputs:

Mysql Host: 192.168.56.101 (or ip that you choose for it)
username: root (or mysql username u created)
password: **** (your mysql password)
database: optional
port: optional (unless you chose another port, defaults to 3306)

ssh host: 192.168.56.101 (or ip that you choose for this vm, like above)
ssh user: vagrant (vagrants default username)
ssh password: vagrant (vagrants default password)
ssh port: optional (unless you chose another)

source: https://coderwall.com/p/yzwqvg

Answer 5

Well, since neither of the given replies helped me, I had to look more, and found solution in this article.

And the answer in a nutshell is the following:

Connecting to MySQL using MySQL Workbench

Connection Method: Standard TCP/IP over SSH
SSH Hostname: <Local VM IP Address (set in PuPHPet)>
SSH Username: vagrant (the default username)
SSH Password: vagrant (the default password)
MySQL Hostname: 127.0.0.1
MySQL Server Port: 3306
Username: root
Password: <MySQL Root Password (set in PuPHPet)>

Using given approach I was able to connect to mysql database in vagrant from host Ubuntu machine using MySQL Workbench and also using Valentina Studio.

Answer 6

Here are the steps that worked for me after logging into the box:

Locate MySQL configuration file:

$ mysql --help | grep -A 1 "Default options"

Default options are read from the following files in the given order: /etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf

On Ubuntu 16, the path is typically /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf

Change configuration file for bind-address:

If it exists, change the value as follows. If it doesn't exist, add it anywhere in the [mysqld] section.

bind-address = 0.0.0.0

Save your changes to the configuration file and restart the MySQL service.

service mysql restart

Create / Grant access to database user:

Connect to the MySQL database as the root user and run the following SQL commands:

mysql> CREATE USER 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'username'@'%';

Answer 7

This worked for me: Connect to MySQL in Vagrant

username: vagrant password: vagrant

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev
git-core sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev sudo aptitude install mysql-server
mysql-client


sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf change: bind-address            = 0.0.0.0


mysql -u root -p

use mysql GRANT ALL ON *.* to root@'33.33.33.1' IDENTIFIED BY
'jarvis'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit


sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart




# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|

  config.vm.box = "lucid32"

  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box"

  #config.vm.boot_mode = :gui

  # Assign this VM to a host-only network IP, allowing you to access
it   # via the IP. Host-only networks can talk to the host machine as
well as   # any other machines on the same network, but cannot be
accessed (through this   # network interface) by any external
networks.   # config.vm.network :hostonly, "192.168.33.10"

  # Assign this VM to a bridged network, allowing you to connect
directly to a   # network using the host's network device. This makes
the VM appear as another   # physical device on your network.   #
config.vm.network :bridged

  # Forward a port from the guest to the host, which allows for
outside   # computers to access the VM, whereas host only networking
does not.   # config.vm.forward_port 80, 8080

  config.vm.forward_port 3306, 3306

  config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.10"


end