Title: goDaddy – external Database
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# goDaddy – external Database

 *  [joelongstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelongstreet/)
 * (@joelongstreet)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-external-database/)
 * I’m trying to install wordpress on goDaddy but I want the mysql database to be
   on my web server.
 * I’ve done this before with other web servers, all I had to do was change the 
   db_host in the wp_config file to the IP address I wanted. Anyone know what could
   be wrong?
 * Calling goDaddy support is an absolute last resort for me. I’m getting sick to
   my stomach just thinking about having to do that again.
 * Thanks for any help,
 * Joe

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 *  Thread Starter [joelongstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelongstreet/)
 * (@joelongstreet)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-external-database/#post-1092234)
 * by “on my web server” I mean a different one than goDaddy.
 *  [Go Daddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdhosting/)
 * (@gdhosting)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-external-database/#post-1092302)
 * [@joelongstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelongstreet/)
    Sorry you’re
   having the trouble. We sent you a direct message through Twitter too. From your
   Go Daddy hosting account, you should have no trouble connecting to one of the
   databases we provide. Unfortunately, we don’t support connecting to a third party
   hosting companies databases from our shared hosting accounts.

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 * [external database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/external-database/)
 * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-external-database/#post-1092302)
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