MySQL SSH Tunnel

To setup a SSH Tunnel, please do the following, replacing servername.com with the server that your site is being hosted on. (example: ion.planetargon.com)

ssh -L 3306:<servername.com>:3306 <ssh_username>@<servername.com>

Then connect to mysql on your local machine.

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -u<mysql_username> -d <db_name> -p