MySQL Allow Remote Connection

The following allows for remote connection to mySQL view TCP/IP considering the firewall port 3306 is currently open and active.

mySQL> CREATE USER 'user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mySQL> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'user'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
mySQL> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

sudo service mysqld restart

References:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1559955/host-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-is-not-allowed-to-connect-to-this-mysql-server