How To Install phpMyAdmin Easily Using RunCloud

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We are happy to bring One-Click phpMyAdmin feature in RunCloud for you.

Using this new feature, you can install PHPMyAdmin to your server easier than before.

What is phpMyAdmin

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phpMyAdmin is a free PHP web-based application to manage MySQL and MariaDB database.

It supports a wide range of operations on MySQL and MariaDB that can be performed via web user-interface, without having to use linux terminal to execute SQL statements.

Note: in RunCloud, we use MariaDB for your database. It is an enhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL, made by the original developers of MySQL with the promise of maintaining ongoing and future compatibility with MySQL. This means every tool created for MySQL is also compatible with MariaDB, and this solution is future-proof.

phpMyAdmin is the most popular database management tool. If you come from shared hosting, phpMyAdmin should be available from your hosting control panel.

When using a cloud server or VPS, you have to install phpMyAdmin by yourself. In this post, we will show you how to install phpMyAdmin easily using RunCloud.

One-Click phpMyAdmin Install

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Go to the “Web Application” menu under your server in RunCloud, and click the “Create Web App“ button.

Please choose “phpMyAdmin” to install the latest version of phpMyAdmin.

For “Web Application Name“, for example you can use “phpmyadminapp“, feel free to use your own name.

For “Domain name“, you can use either your own domain/subdomain or RunCloud test domain. For this example, we will use the RunCloud test domain for instant process.

If you decide to use your own domain, you will need to take an extra step to configure your DNS record and wait for DNS propagation.

You can read our quick guide on how to add your domain.

For “Web Application Owner“, for example you can create new “phpmyadminuser” system user.

It is best practice to use different system users for different web applications in the same server, for extra security purposes.

For “PHP Version”, you can use PHP 8.1 (default).

Click “Create Web Application” to install phpMyAdmin.

That’s it. It is very easy.

Note: you will only need one single phpMyAdmin web app to access all databases within the same server.

Access phpMyAdmin Site

You can go back to the Web Applications menu, and you can see phpMyAdmin web application on the list.

You can also see your phpMyAdmin site under the Database menu in your RunCloud server. You can also see the phpMyAdmin version of this web app.

You can click the domain name to access your phpMyAdmin site.

Now you will see the phpMyAdmin screen and you can enter your database user and password to open your database.

Find Database User and Password

Please do not confuse between database user and system user when working on cloud server or VPS.

They are two different things.

When you want to log in to your server using Terminal / PuTTY / PowerShell, or using FileZilla to access your SFTP, you will need a system user & password (or SSH Key). You can find the list of system users in your server under the System User menu.

However, when you need to access your database, you will require another database user & password. You can find the list of database users in your server under the Database menu.

If you install any custom PHP web application, for example Mautic, you should be familiar with creating a database and database user for your web application.

And if you use our One-Click WordPress Install when creating your WordPress site, you can find the database user and password in the wp-config.php file.

You can use the File Manager feature in RunCloud to open your wp-config.php to find your database user & password.

Then, you can enter this database user & password to open your database using phpMyAdmin.

Tips – phpMyAdmin Security

phpMyAdmin is a web application. It is no different with other web applications that possibly have security issues or vulnerability in the future.

For example, on the 22 March 2020, an SQL injection vulnerability was found and fixed in the latest v5.0.2 release.

Below are some best practices when using phpMyAdmin in your server.

1) use the RunCloud test domain for your phpMyAdmin web app. It is not only because you can access phpMyAdmin instantly without having to deal with DNS records, but also the URL is unique and only you who know this site.

2) please use the latest version of phpMyAdmin. It is always best practice to make your web app up to date for security purposes, including your phpMyAdmin site.

3) remove phpMyAdmin site when it is not needed. You can always create a phpMyAdmin site quickly in RunCloud anytime when you need it.

Tips – Upgrade phpMyAdmin Version

If you want to keep using your phpMyAdmin, you can always update your phpMyAdmin to the latest version.

Go to your phpMyAdmin web application in RunCloud, and you will see phpMyAdmin Tools menu.

Go to Tools menu to update your phpMyAdmin version anytime.

Bonus – phpMyAdmin Alternatives

phpMyAdmin is not the only tool that you can use to administrate your database.

There are many alternatives, for example:

  • HeidiSQL
  • MySQL Workbench
  • Sequel Pro
  • Adminer

Read more about phpMyAdmin alternative.

Summary

At RunCloud, we are all about making your dev life easier, delivering a fast service, and ensuring your server is managed properly.

With the One-Click phpMyAdmin feature, you can install phpMyAdmin for your server easier than before.

All RunCloud users (Free, Basic, Pro, Business) can enjoy the full functionality of this feature.

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