===== Connect to remote mysql through putty (windows client / linux server)=====

aka tunneling ports through putty

Fire up putty and connect to your server as usual 

Change putty tunnel settings as following:

{{:putty_mysql0.png|}}

{{:putty_mysql1.png|}}

You can now connect to mysql as it would be local

{{:putty_mysql2.png|}}

that's all the magic


====For Linux/Linux use====
<code>
ssh login@server -L 3306:127.0.0.1:3306 -N
</code>