Jack Wallen walks you through the process of connecting the DBeaver GUI tool to a remote MySQL server.

There may be times when you'll want to copy a MySQL database to a website. For example, if you are going to make changes to your company website, you should edit a copy of the site, not the live ...

Type the MySQL server name or IP address and the username and password with rights to the MySQL database you need. Click "Test Connection" and select the database from the list box.

Once you have all the data necessary, your database is ready for usage by your web-based tool. Just remember to connect the tool using the MySQL we created earlier, and you’re good to go.