Your WordPress instance (set up with the proper user credentials for the database) should be able to use the remote MySQL server as its database host. Congratulations!

This setup is simple, but it does require attention to details. I assume that you have MariaDB set up on two machines, and one machine has a database with data. With that said, let’s set this up.

MySQL components When you set up MySQL, you may get to choose which components of the MySQL stack to install. Some are essential; others optional. MySQL Server: This is the actual MySQL database ...