By mlmarinas
I have a one-click install phpmyadmin droplet with the database I want my wordpress to use. My wordpress is a one-click install as well.
I’m tryign to edit the wp-config.php file with the database credentials. What would the hostname be for my case? Is it phpmyadmin droplet’s ip address with port number example 123.456.789:3306?
I can’t seem to get the “error establishing database connection”
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Hi there,
In order to be able to do that you would need to configure your MySQL server to accept external connections as per this tutorial here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-allow-remote-access-to-mysql
As an alternative, I could suggest installing PHPmyAdmin on your WordPress Droplet manually as described here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-install-manually-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu
That way you will not have to open the MySQL service for external connections.
Hope that this helps. Regards, Bobby
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