Using phpMyAdmin

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Using phpMyAdmin

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phpMyadmin is a popular tool for managing MySQL databases using a web interface.

Security warning!

Like hundreds of other free software packages on our servers, phpMyAdmin is preinstalled and we officially provide technical support for it. This does not mean that we recommend its use. Applications written in PHP and other scripted languages are limited in terms of performance. Many third-party PHP scripts also have poor track records with respect to security. We work diligently to keep all preinstalled software packages up-to-date. We can only guarantee that security fixes will be applied as soon as they are released.

Installing phpMyAdmin

A maintained, preinstalled version of phpMyAdmin is available our servers. In order to use it, you need to create a symbolic link to /var/www/phpMyAdmin in the ~/www/ directory of your choice, using file manager or your shell:

  $ cd ~/www/mydomain.ext
  $ ln -s /var/www/phpMyAdmin myphpmyadmin

Once the link is created, phpMyAdmin should be accessible from http://mydomain.ext/myphpmyadmin.

Logging in

You can log into phpMyAdmin using any of your previously configured MySQL users. If you have not configured MySQL users/databases, you can do so from either the "Databases" section of the web interface, or the shell interface. Don'tforget to actually grant databases privileges to your new MySQL users.

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