The following instruction guides you through the process of creating a new connection. To successfully establish a new connection to local/ remote MySQL Server - no matter via SSL, SSH or HTTP, set the connection properties in the corresponding boxes: Connection name, Host name, Port number, User name, and Password.

Connection Name
A friendly name to best describe your connection.

Host name/IP address
A host name where the database is situated or the IP address of the server.

Port
A TCP/IP port for connecting to the database server.

User name
User name for connecting to the database server.

Password
Password for connecting to the server.

See also:
Advanced Settings

Related topics:
SSL, SSH, HTTP