You need to be either connected to the UMBC wired network, eduroam wireless network, or the VPN in order to connect to your mySQL database. We recommend using a desktop program, such as mySQL Workbench.
Once you have connected to your site to view your files, a file located at private/database contains your sites mySQL connection information. This file contains the following lines:
"database_user" (the mySQL username to use)
"database_password" (the mySQL password to connect with)
two "database_name" lines (one for your 'production' database, one for your 'development' database)
"database_host" (the mySQL server hostname to connect using)