# Connecting rails app running on windows and database in Linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-rails-app-running-on-windows-and-database-in-linux/120958>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 22, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-rails-app-running-on-windows-and-database-in-linux/120958 "2007-11-22T06:14:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Siddu)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-rails-app-running-on-windows-and-database-in-linux/120958/1 "2007-11-22T06:14:43Z")

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Hi,  
I have a situation where my rails application is running on windows  
and i have to connect to the MySQL database in Linux… Plz suggest me  
any possible way to achive this…

Ragards  
Siddu

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**Author:** ![Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Siddu)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-rails-app-running-on-windows-and-database-in-linux/120958/2 "2007-11-22T14:53:33Z")

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On 22 Nov 2007, at 05:14, Siddu wrote:

> Hi,  
> I have a situation where my rails application is running on windows  
> and i have to connect to the MySQL database in Linux… Plz suggest me  
> any possible way to achive this…

stick the connection details in database.yml

Fred

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**Author:** ![Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Siddu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Siddu)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-rails-app-running-on-windows-and-database-in-linux/120958/3 "2007-11-22T16:28:08Z")

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On Nov 22, 6:52 am, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Fred

It should make no difference that the applications are on different  
systems with different operating systems. The connection settings in  
the application’s config/database.yml is all that matters. The host  
should be the IP address (or hostname) of the database machine. If  
you’re sure the database is active and you can’t connect, check that  
your database machine’s firewall isn’t blocking connections on port  
3306, which is used by MySQL.