How to open port 3306 in cPanel
To perform a complete migration from another Hosting provider to SW Hosting, it is essential that port 3306, which corresponds to MySQL (database), is open. In the following manual, we will show how to open port 3306 in cPanel and allow access to SWHosting in order to perform the database migration.
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Once you have logged into cPanel, go to the main page by clicking on the logo in the upper left part.
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In the Databases section, click on Remote MySQL.
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Now you must add a new access host so that SW Hosting can connect to the cPanel database to perform the migration. Therefore, in the "host" section, you must enter the IP 81.25.112.90. Finally, you must Add Host.
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When the confirmation message Host "81.25.112.90" was added to the access list appears, click on go back.
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Finally, verify that the IP of your Cloud server has been correctly added to the access hosts list.
Once these steps have been completed, port 3306 of your hosting in your cPanel will be open and ready to successfully perform the database migration to SWHosting.