How to Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on Debian 9

Installing phpMyAdmin on Debian 9

1. Step 1: Refresh Latest Version of Software Packages. The software package for phpMyAdmin is part of the default software repositories. ...
2. Step 2: Install phpMyAdmin. To install phpMyAdmin, enter: sudo apt install phpmyadmin. ...
3. Step 3: Configure phpMyAdmin.

1. How do I start phpMyAdmin in Apache?
2. How do I access phpMyAdmin on Linux?
3. How do I password protect phpMyAdmin?
4. How do I download and install phpMyAdmin?
5. Is phpMyAdmin installed?
6. How do I start phpMyAdmin from command line?
7. How do I know if phpMyAdmin is installed on Linux?
8. How do I connect to phpMyAdmin?
9. How do I access phpMyAdmin remotely?
10. What is root password?
11. How do I harden phpmyadmin?
12. What is the default password of phpmyadmin?

How do I start phpMyAdmin in Apache?

Once phpMyAdmin is installed point your browser to http://localhost/phpmyadmin to start using it. You should be able to login using any users you've setup in MySQL. If no users have been setup, use admin with no password to login. Then select Apache 2 for the webserver you wish to configure.

How do I access phpMyAdmin on Linux?

To launch phpMyAdmin, visit the URL: http://your-ip-address/phpmyadmin/index.php and log in with your MySQL root username and password. Once you have logged in you should be able to manage all the MySQL databases from your browser.

How do I password protect phpMyAdmin?

The three steps that I did:

1. In the MySQL console set a new password. To make that: mysqladmin -u root password 'your_password'
2. In phpMyAdmin click in users and set the same password to the user root .
3. Finally, set your new password in the config. inc. php . Don't change anything else in this file.

How do I download and install phpMyAdmin?

How to Install your own PhpMyAdmin

1. Visit the PhpMyAdmin website and download a version equal to or higher than 4.8. ...
2. Extract the .zip file to your local machine.
3. Rename config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php.
4. Open config.inc.php in your favourite editor. ...
5. While the config. ...
6. Upload the contents of the folder to your web space.

Is phpMyAdmin installed?

phpMyAdmin is now installed and configured. However, before you can log in and begin interacting with your MySQL databases, you will need to ensure that your MySQL users have the privileges required for interacting with the program.

How do I start phpMyAdmin from command line?

Installation

1. Open a terminal window on your Ubuntu Server.
2. Issue the command sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext -y.
3. When prompted, type your sudo password.
4. Allow the installation to complete.

How do I know if phpMyAdmin is installed on Linux?

1. Get the name of the package with dpkg --list | grep phpmyadmin.
2. For list of file installed use this dpkg --listfiles <package_name step 1>

How do I connect to phpMyAdmin?

Access the phpMyAdmin console through the secure SSH tunnel you created, by browsing to http://127.0.0.1:8888/phpmyadmin. Log in to phpMyAdmin by using the following credentials: Username: root. Password: application password.

How do I access phpMyAdmin remotely?

How to: Allowing remote access to PHPMyAdmin

1. Step 1: Edit the phpMyAdmin. conf. ...
2. Step 2: Amend the directory settings. add the additional line to the directory settings: ...
3. Step 3: If you want to allow access for all. ...
4. Step 4: Restart the Apache.

What is root password?

In Linux, root privileges (or root access) refers to a user account that has full access to all files, applications, and system functions. ... The sudo command tells the system to run a command as a superuser, or root user. When you run a function using sudo , you'll usually have to enter your password.

How do I harden phpmyadmin?

Hardening PHPMyAdmin Installation

1. 1- Make sure the connection is over SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
2. 2- Install google re-captcha to stop brute-force attacks: ...
3. 3- Configure PHPMyAdmin to use cookie Auth: ...
4. 4- Whitelist your IP and block the rest from .htaccess: Order deny,allow Deny from all allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
5. Where xxx.

What is the default password of phpmyadmin?

The default user for the phpMyAdmin application is "root" and the password is the same that you set during the installation. If you are using the Virtual Appliance or the AMI, you can enable phpMyAdmin following this guide and the default password is "bitnami".