This article will show the steps on how you can allow remote access to the database server from home or anywhere outside your office. 

1) Login into your server’s cPanel and look for the category “Databases“.

2) Insert the database server’s IP address that you want to allow remote access into the box and click “Add Host“.

3) The IP address of your database server is now added to the access list. You may now access it remotely, be it from your home or any web server.  Click here for more info about Remote MySQL.