How To Use SSH Tunnels with HeidiSQL and Plink
Do you love HeidiSQL as much as I do? It’s really the best MySQL front-end I’ve found so far for Windows. Sure, MySQL Workbench has all kinds of super-fancy features and GUI tools and what-not. But, in Workbench, I find that it takes sixteen mouse clicks to perform the same task that you can do in five with HeidiSQL.
I use HeidiSQL for nearly everything, and only have had one major beef with it. I could never get SSH Tunnels to work with it until today I figured it out! I’m super-stoked. If you’re having problems with Heidi and SSH too, I’ll provide a step-by-step below (keep reading).
If you want to skip the background junk, and go right to the procedure, be my guest!
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Backups and Disaster Recovery Kit
It’s the perfect time to think about it. With disaster on everybody’s mind, and this being the season of resolutions, it’s time to think about your disaster recovery strategy.
Recently, a major department right here at FSU suffered catastrophic loss to their servers, with scant means of quick recovery. Their site was down literally for weeks as staff from all over the University scrambled to assist them in recreating the critical pieces. They lost of a lot of time and money.
I’m absolutely sure they’ll be super-prepared next time, but you don’t have to wait until something tragic happens to be prepared!
I am an IT Professional in Tallahassee, Florida with a degree in Information Science.