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Connecting HeidiSQL to MariaDB or MySQL behind an AWS bastion

July 23, 2024

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written 2024.07.23 MariaDB version 10.11.6 Heidi 12.7.0.6

I was frustrated trying to do that — the main reason I was stuck is I was trying to use a too modern key format. Sometimes going backwards fixes things.

First connect to you aws bastion and

First install putty and plink I’ve on plink release 0.81

now run puttygen and generate an RSA 2048 key

Next open up your heidi client. You’ll be usuing

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