I selected WordPress during droplet creation. Now, I can't access mysite.com/phpmyadmin/? Help!

December 31, 2015 2.2k

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During droplet setup, I selected to install WordPress. Does it mean that PHPMyAdmin will not be installed on my droplet? I can't access /phpmyadmin/ now.
Error "The requested URL /phpmyadmin/ was not found on this server."
If phpmyadmin is not installed, then where the hell WordPress is storing its data?
Actually, I want to setup Virtual Hosts to run multiple sites. But main site is working but new site is asking for database storage during WP setup.

Do I need to install LAMP if I wanna use Multiple sites?

Please help.

3 comments

aaronstuder January 1, 2016
You are correct, phpmyadmin is not installed by default,

You can use the link here to install it:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-14-04

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 14.04
by Justin Ellingwood
While many users require access to a database management system like MySQL, not all users feel comfortable interacting with the MySQL prompt on a daily basis. In this guide, we'll discuss how to install and secure phpMyAdmin, a web management interface for MySQL, on an Ubuntu 14.04 server.
aaronstuder January 1, 2016
phpmyadmin is a web front end for your database. You already have the database installed, however you don't have the web front end installed. You can still manage it without myphpadmin using the command line. Your wordpress data is stored in your database.
aaronstuder January 1, 2016
To get Virual Hosts working correct please see this acticle:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts

Let me know if you have any addtional questions I can answer :)

How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by Justin Ellingwood
The Apache web server is the most popular way to serve web content on the internet. Apache has the ability to serve multiple domains from a single server by using a mechanism called "virtual hosts". If a virtual host is configured correctly for each domain, the web server can correctly route traffic to the appropriate files based on the domain name requested. In this guide, we'll demonstrate how to configure Apache virtual hosts on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

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eris MOD December 31, 2015

Hey there,

PHPMyAdmin is just a UI to help you manage your MySQL server. It doesn't come pre-installed on any of the images besides the PHPMyAdmin Image. The WordPress image does have a MySQL server pre-installed and configured, which is where WordPress stores its data.

We actually have a fantastic tutorial that covers how to set up multiple WordPress sites on a single droplet, here. The WordPress One-Click is the same as a LAMP droplet with one WordPress site already configured. You should be able to add additional sites by following that tutorial, no problem.

If you need PHPMyAdmin, you can install it by following this tutorial as well.

Best,
Eris
Platform Support Specialist

How To Set Up Multiple WordPress Sites on a Single Ubuntu VPS

by Justin Ellingwood

WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that can be used to quickly launch blogs and websites. In this guide, we will discuss how to launch two separate blogs, each associated with their own domains, from one VPS.

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