gameaholix Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Hi, I currently run www.gameaholix.com which is a video game orientated community. My site requires PHP and MySQL, and I am currently shopping around for a new web host. In addition to the website, I also host a game server (Counter-Strike Source). The game server runs on its own machine independent from the web server. I am not moving the game server, I'm only interested in moving my web site. The game server logs stats on all the players that join the game server and then I display those stats on the webserver (http://www.gameaholix.com/css/stats). The game stats are stored in a separate MySQL database. So I will actually need 2 databases, 1 for my website, and 1 for my game stats. What I need to know before I buy from TCH is, do you allow remote connections to the MySQL server? In that I mean connections other than from localhost because the machine my game server runs on will need access to the MySQL server to update the stats at 0400 EST daily. Will I be able to do this with the TCH starter plan? Edited April 18, 2005 by gameaholix Quote
TweezerMan Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Welcome to the forums, gameaholix! What I need to know before I buy from TCH is, do you allow remote connections to the MySQL server? In that I mean connections other than from localhost because the machine my game server runs on will need access to the MySQL server to update the stats at 0400 EST daily. Will I be able to do this with the TCH starter plan? Yes, remote connections to the MySQL server are allowed. However, before attempting any remote MySQL connections, you will need to tell the MySQL server what IP address to allow remote connections from in your CPanel (CPanel -> MySQL Databases - look for "Access Hosts" near the bottom of the page). Hope this helps... Quote
borfast Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 David already answered your question, so I'll just welcome you to our forums: Welcome to the forums, gameaholix! Quote
stevevan Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Welcome to the forums! I hope you'll find a new home with us at TCH. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask! Quote
gameaholix Posted April 18, 2005 Author Posted April 18, 2005 Very cool.. thank you for the quick replies. Quote
gameaholix Posted April 18, 2005 Author Posted April 18, 2005 Just wanted to say thanks again. I signed up with the starter package and have a copy of my site uploaded, and remote connections to the database are operating just fine Now all I have left to do is update my DNS info. Quote
TCH-Don Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Welcome to the Family gameaholix and your new home! After you get settled, pop over to the introductions forum to say hi to the family We really are like family here. So if you need anything, just ask your new family! We love to help Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Welcome to the family and forums gameaholix Quote
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