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That &nbsp;Generic error &nbsp;means the newwork connection has been refused <br />
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SQlWorkbench will only listen for local host connections &nbsp;<br />
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you will have to modify your &nbsp;.CNF file and comment out <br />
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bind-address 127.0.0.1<br />
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and then restart your SQL service
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SQlWorkbench will only listen for local host connections
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Sorry but that's not true. &nbsp;MySQL Workbench will connect to remote database servers if you have the privileges to do. &nbsp;I have MySQL Workbench on this machine but my MySQL databases on not on this machine but on others including databases that are on the internet. &nbsp;It works fine.
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@Dave My apologies. &nbsp;I stand Corrected &nbsp;I thought that was the default setting to only listen for LocalHost :(
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That's ok, I learn new things here all the time.
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Can you ping 192.168.254.123 from your host machine to make sure you can connect to it? &nbsp;Here is the general info on your error: &nbsp;<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html" rel="ugc">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html</a>
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I am running an Ubuntu server on Hyperv.<br />
on my Ubuntu server I have my sql which I am able to connect to via mysqlworkbench<br />
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When I try to connect from the host machine using mysqlworkbench i am getting and error:<br />
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Failed to connect to mysql at 192.168.254.123 (which is my ubuntu server) with user root.<br />
Can't connect to MySql on 192.168.254.123 (10061).<br />
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How do I resolve
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I am running an Ubuntu server on Hyperv.
on my Ubuntu server I have my sql which I am able to connect to via mysqlworkbench

When I try to connect from the host machine using mysqlworkbench i am getting and error:

Failed to connect to mysql at 192.168.254.123 (which is my ubuntu server) with user root.
Can't connect to MySql on 192.168.254.123 (10061).

How do I resolve

mysql connection failed 10061

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