on 3-10-2008 1:33 PM Therese Trudeau spake the following:
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:12:31 -0400 From: hyclak@math.ohiou.edu To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH, SCP connections to remote MySQL Database using OpenOffice Possible?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 03:08:19PM -0400, Therese Trudeau enlightened us:
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:27:28 -0400 From: hyclak@math.ohiou.edu To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH, SCP connections to remote MySQL Database using OpenOffice Possible?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38:34PM -0400, Therese Trudeau enlightened us:
>>> I can connect to the remote database via Linux desktop, it's just via an un encrypted connection through port 3306. For obvious reasons I don't want to do it that way. >>> My question is, is OpenOffice Calc able to connect to remote databases via SSH and or SCP? If so, do I need a plug in for that, or need to configure calc to do that in some way? How would I do this, or which plug in(s) do I need? >>> >> No, but what you could do is use an ssh tunnel to accomplish this. >> Something along the lines of "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306 >> database.example.net" >> >> This will tell your system to tunnel the local port 3307 through the >> database box, TO the database box on port 3306. From this point, after >> you connect via ssh with the above command, you can simply point your >> database software to the local 3307 port in plain text, and it'll >> travel over ssh to the remote box. >> >> I've probably done a bad job explaining this, so I'll go get some more coffee. > Hehe THANKS Jim I need some too! > > So when I "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306", am I doing this via terminal prior to connecting with Calc (or base), > then start up base and enter in just the regular database.example.net into the "Server URL" field in Clac or base? > > Or do I need to enter "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306" just once in to the "Server URL" FIeld from within OpenOffice Calc or VBase? > You should enter localhost:3307. That connects to the local end of your SSH tunnel.
OK this is what I tried - I opened up terminal on my local desktop machine, and I issued the command: ssh -L 3307:domain.name.of.DesktopLocalMySQLserver:3306 username-d7gQ9grfmP7uf9qcbqpnZGC4GVmHw8X4ZSToKVHwfNc@public.gmane.org
Then I started up OpenOffice Calc, clicked on File>New>Database, and in the area where it asks for the "ServerURL", I entered in: localhost:3307 and just below it where it asks for the port number I also entered in 3307 (the default is 3306).
The error I got was "Illegal Connection Port Value 3307:3307: and I could not connect.
I think what you really want is
ssh -L 3307:localhost:3306 remote.db.server
The host in the middle is relative to the end machine. You could also probably do
ssh -L 3307:remote.db.server:3306 remote.db.server
(for that matter, I don't see why you couldn't do ssh -L 3306:... as long as you don't have mysql running on your desktop)
OK so you are saying to enter into Terminal, either: ssh -L 3307:localhost:3306 remote.db.server , OR enter into Terminal: ssh -L 3307:remote.db.server:3306 remote.db.server and substitute in my remote server address for "remote.db.server"
Once I do that, what should I enter into the OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheet Application Dialog box, in order to get the OpenOffice Calc local applicationwhich resides on my desktop machine to read the remote database?
Correct, that *should* work.
Sadly I can't get OpenOffice Calc to connect that way, I keep getting those �Illegal Connection Port Value 3307:3307� errors from Calc when I enter in �localhost:3307� into Calc open new database box. _________________________________________________________________
If there is a separate port dialog box, don't put the port in twice. IE... In serverurl put localhost and in port put 3307.