How does MariaDB allow remote connections?

To allow remote connections to MariaDB, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open the configuration file my.cnf for MariaDB. On Linux systems, this file is typically located in the /etc/mysql/ or /etc/my.cnf directory. On Windows systems, this file is usually found in the C:\Program Files\MariaDB\MariaDB version number\my.ini directory.
2. Locate the section labeled [mysqld] and make sure that the comments for the following two parameters are removed or set to the appropriate values:
3. bind-address parameter: By default, this parameter is set to localhost, meaning only local connections are allowed. Setting it to 0.0.0.0 allows for remote connections from all IP addresses.
4. Ensure that the skip-networking parameter is not set to 1, as it will disable all network connections.
5. For example:
6. [mysqld]
   bind-address = 0.0.0.0
   #exclude network addressing
7. Save and close the configuration file.
8. Restart the MariaDB service to apply the configurations. On a Linux system, you can use the following command to restart the MariaDB service:
9. Restart the MySQL service.
10. On Windows systems, you can restart the MariaDB service by using the Service Manager.
11. Create a user in MariaDB with remote connection access and grant them the necessary permissions. This can be done by executing the following command in the MariaDB command line:
12. Create a user with the username, remote host IP, and password specified. Grant all privileges on all databases to the user from the remote host with the option to grant privileges to others. Flush the privileges to apply the changes.
13. The username is the username you want to create, the remote host IP is the IP address of the remote host allowed to connect, and the password is the user’s password. Use *.* to grant the user permission to all databases and tables.
14. Once you have completed the above steps, you should be able to connect to the remote MariaDB server using the MariaDB client with the remote host IP address and port number. For example, you can connect to the remote server using the following command:
15. Connect to a remote host with the IP address, port number, username, and password using MySQL.
16. The remote host IP is the IP address of the remote MariaDB server, with the port number being the one the MariaDB server listens on by default, which is 3306. The username is the one previously created to allow remote connection, and the “-p” signifies that a password is required for the connection.