# Extarnal database

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extarnal-database/133161>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 28, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extarnal-database/133161 "2008-03-28T12:35:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remco123)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extarnal-database/133161/1 "2008-03-28T12:35:41Z")

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Hi,

On my rails-server (192.168.1.1) there is no mysql installed. Mysql is  
installed on different server(192.168.1.2)

Question:  
Wich setup intructions must i use in the database.yml.

Grtz…remco

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**Author:** ![remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remco123)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extarnal-database/133161/2 "2008-03-28T12:40:29Z")

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On 28 Mar 2008, at 11:35, Remco Z. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On my rails-server (192.168.1.1) there is no mysql installed. Mysql is  
> installed on different server(192.168.1.2)
> 
> Question:  
> Wich setup intructions must i use in the database.yml.

Set the host to 192.168.1.2

Fred

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**Author:** ![remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@remco123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remco123)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extarnal-database/133161/3 "2008-03-28T13:06:41Z")

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Fred means in your database.yml file, same place where you set username  
and  
so on,

username: root  
host: 192.168.1.2

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Frederick C. \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> > Question:
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