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Trouble connecting remote mysql managed database to one-click phpmyadmin

Good Morning,

I created a mysql managed database (open to all incoming connections/raw initial setup). I then created a one-click phpmyadmin droplet from the marketplace, as I would like to create a web-based ui for managing my mysql managed database as I use chrome os more often than not, and would prefer to not use desktop apps for accessing and managing my databases/web projects in general and keep my development process browser-based.

I then updated the phpmyadmin mysql to mysql 8, and tried to add the managed database server to the /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php file. i.e.: $i++; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘verbose’] = ‘CLUSTER’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘host’] = ‘nottheprivatehost-0.db.ondigitalocean.com’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘port’] = 25060; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘socket’] = ‘’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘auth_type’] = ‘config’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘ssl’] = true; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘user’] = ‘doadmin’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘password’] = ‘mypassword’;

However, no matter what I add or modify, I cannot get the new server database to appear anywhere on ip/phpmyadmin when logging in or when logged on.

My primary question would be what I am missing in terms of the connection details for the config file or if I need to update another file somewhere or something else I am missing completely.

But also if anyone has any recommendations about better alternatives then phpmyadmin for a browser-based database manager ui for mysql, that would be some-what easy for a novice like myself to install and use, I wouldn’t mind going that route either.

I do like phpmyadmin and am familiar with it, and figured the one-click is decent enough to use.

Any help and/or guidance would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

-Matt


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Bobby Iliev
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May 6, 2020
Accepted Answer

Hi there @meloku,

I think that the PHPmyAdmin that ships with Ubuntu 18.04 has some issues connecting to MySQL 8, what you could do instead of using the 1-Click PHPmyAdmin install is to just install PHPmyAdmin manually so that you get the latest PHPmyAmin version.

You can follow the steps here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-install-manually-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu

Also, note that you might have to change caching_sha2_password to mysql_native_password for your MySQL user so that PHPmyAdmin could connect to your managed cluster, you can follow the steps on how to do that here, it also includes a short video demo:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-change-caching_sha2_password-to-mysql_native_password-on-a-digitalocean-s-managed-mysql-database

What I could suggest is rather than using PHPmyAdmin is to use an application like dbeaver or table plus. The downside is that you need to install the applications on your PC.

Let me know how it goes! Regards, Bobby

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