Connection error to Maria DB

I am trying to connect to a Maria DB that resides on another system.
Below is the error that I receive via the Gateway.

This is my current issue.

java.sql.SQLException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Host ‘pdcwvapwnc01.sephoraus.com’ is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createPoolableConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2385) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:2110) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1563) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.getConnectionInternal(DatasourceImpl.java:257) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.runTest(DatasourceImpl.java:211) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceManagerImpl$FaultedDatasourceRetryer.lambda$newRetryRunnable$0(DatasourceManagerImpl.java:1059) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$TrackedTask.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:565) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Host ‘pdcwvapwnc01.sephoraus.com’ is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.com.read.ReadInitialHandShakePacket.(ReadInitialHandShakePacket.java:92) at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.handleConnectionPhases(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:783) at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.connect(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:507) at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.connectWithoutProxy(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:1195) at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.Utils.retrieveProxy(Utils.java:560) at org.mariadb.jdbc.MariaDbConnection.newConnection(MariaDbConnection.java:174) at org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:92) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DriverConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverConnectionFactory.java:53) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:291) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.validateConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2395) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createPoolableConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2381) … 12 more 8.0.17 (b2020111211) Azul Systems, Inc. 11.0.7

Any suggestions?

Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Host ‘pdcwvapwnc01.sephoraus.com’ is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server

Your MariaDB server is rejecting the connection entirely. You need to change the permissions on your DB server to allow the connection from whatever user and host Ignition is connecting from.