AWS: can't connect to RDS database from my machine
Solution 1:
It turns out it is not that hard. Do these steps:
- Go to EC2 Dashboard
- Go to Security Groups tab
- Select and only select the RDS database security group. You'll see the security group detail at the bottom
- Click Inbound tab
- Click Edit button
- Add Type:MYSQL/Aurora;Protocol:TCP;Range:3306;Source:0.0.0.0/0
Solution 2:
MAKE SURE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY IS SET TO YES
This is what I spent the last 3 days trying to solve...
Instructions to change Public Accessibility