Hi,
I searched this all day long and I couldn’t find anything on phpmyadmin or webmin.
I’m searching;
$dbhost = “”;
$dbuser = “”;
$dbpass = “”;
$dbname = “t”;
$display_errors = false;
these informations.
I’m new on vps so please help me.
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If you installed phpmyadmin using apt-get then your mySQL Server should be installed with the user root and no password.
If you installed manually by downloading the phpmyadmin files and installed on a web server you will need to install mySQL.
apt-get install mysql-server
then run
/etc/init.d/mysql start
this will start your mySQL Server. Your connection details will be
User : root
Password : <blank>
Hostname: localhost
Port : 3306
You can create a database by running
mysqladmin create <dbname>
Once you have done this your config should look like this
$dbhost = “localhost”;
$dbuser = “root”;
$dbpass = “”;
$dbname = “<dbname from above>”;
$display_errors = false;
I highly recommend you set a root password on mySQL however and never run queries as root unless creating new databases or adding users.
What type of droplet did you create? If you created a PHPMyAdmin server you can find the mysql root password in the MOTD displayed when you log in via ssh. In that case the settings would be:
$dbhost=“localhost” (assuming that the web app is running on the same server as your database)
$dbuesr=“root”
$dbpass=“Password displayed in MOTD
$dbname=”name of the database you created“
My droplet: 512MB Ram 20GB SSD Disk Amsterdam 3 Ubuntu 14.04 x64
I created phpmyadmin server in droplet but I never created a ssh password because I didn’t know it’s necessary for dbpass. And I don’t know what is motd. What should I do in that case now?