How do I allow MySQL connections through SELinux?

I'd like to for once leave SELinux running on a server for the alleged increased security.
I usually disable SELinux to get anything to work.
How do I tell SELinux to allow MySQL connections?
The most I've found in the documentation is this line from mysql.com:

If you are running under Linux and Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is enabled, make sure you have disabled SELinux protection for the mysqld process.

wow ... that's really helpful.

Solution 1:

To check SELinux

sestatus

To see what flags are set on httpd processes

getsebool -a | grep httpd

To allow Apache to connect to remote database through SELinux

setsebool httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

Use -P option makes the change permanent. Without this option, the boolean would be reset to 0 at reboot.

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

Solution 2:

Do you get an error? What flavor of linux are you using? Security context is a good place to start if you are getting an error. ls -Z will give context... But your question is very vague.