title: ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on AWS RDS
body: <p>I created an external user with '%' hostname to allow remote access. I get the following error while connecting the local MySQL to remote AWS RDS: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'instance.cvxqy8tbi2bk.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com' (110). </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I tried commenting the <code>#bind-address = localhost</code> but no solution.
  Any pointers for this?</p>