Connecting MySQL Workbench to MySQL Database Server

Off Campus?

If you are not on campus, you'll need to first connect to the UW-Eau Claire VPN before you can access our computing resources.

1. An email will be sent from csadmin@uwec.edu with the username and password you must use to setup a new connection

2. Install MySQL Workbench

3. Open MySQL Workbench

4. Choose the plus symbol by MySQL Connections

5. Enter the Connection Name of your preference and leave the Connection Method as Standard (TCP/IP)

6. Set the Hostname to wayne.cs.uwec.edu and the Port to 3306

7. Enter your UWEC username as both the Username and the Default Schema

8. Click Store in Vault

9. Type in the MySQL password you received by email and click Ok

10. Click Okay again and your connection should be established