![]() When you are saving the file, make sure the path is exactly this: /usr/share/phpmyadmin/.htaccess. There is a section below with all relevant information pertaining to this configuration file. Add the following text to this file with whatever modifications you need. When you initially create the file, it will be blank. Sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/.htaccess We are really just creating a text file with nano. Begin by creating the file with the command below. htaccess for the phpMyAdmin directory above, we will now create a. ![]() sudo service apache2 reloadīecause we enabled. Now, restart apache2 again to ensure the configuration is reloaded. Finally, press Control+O and enter to save and Control+X close the file. Unfortunately, you actually have to type it out, because there's no copy and paste here. ![]() Add “ AllowOverride All” to a new line on the bottom of the section- I've highlighted this text in green. Then, find the section header "" -it's the third line in the file, and I've highlighted it in orange. Type in the command below to bring up the configuration file in nano. htaccess overrides in our Apache configuration for phpMyAdmin. htaccess authorization and authentication functionalities. We’ll achieve this using Apache's built-in. This makes it difficult for any hackers to gather any information. One of the easiest ways to secure phpMyAdmin is to place a user gateway in front of the entire application via Apache. phpMyAdmin is known as one of the most popular target for hackers. We are in no way liable for any damages done to your property or equipment. If you intend on running a live web-server, you must learn security tactics beyond this article. It is, however, intended to introduce you to phpMyAdmin and how to get started with it. This article is by no means intended for a practical live server setup. I’m sure you’ve realized you will need to use a secure password if you are actually running this as a live web-server, but you should also have additional security on top of that. If you are having any trouble getting in though, try the username “root” or your own username. The username and password are both “phpmyadmin” because the username is set to this by default and we also set this as the password during installation. If you have a domain name or a VPS you'll need to include " before your Domain Name or IP Address. Now access your phpmyadmin login portal with your domainname_or_IPaddress/phpmyadmin. If this is the first time installing phpMyAdmin, I'd suggest testing it out before moving onto securing the installation next. You're now finished installing phpMyAdmin on your server, and we can access the setup or we can skip this and continue on to the security section. One last thing: we’re going to reload apache2 just to make sure all the changes are made and the set up is complete. Now the next thing we need to do is explicitly enable the PHP mcrypt and mbstring extensions, which we can do by typing: sudo phpenmod mcrypt ![]() Please use something more secure and press enter again when you're done to proceed to the next step. I'm using the password "phpmyadmin" for this tutorial. ![]() Unless you're an advanced user (in which case you probably wouldn't be using this tutorial) then just press enter on "yes" to step up the main database and move on to the next step.Įnter in your new password for phpMyAdmin twice. Now we need to configure the database with dbconfig-common. You must press the space bar on the "Configuring phpmyadmin" screen to select "apache2" before pressing enter. We'll need to setup phpMyAdmin with "apache2" Apache. As it proceeds, we need to select our settings from the display configuration dialog boxes that pop up. This command will begin the installation process. Sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext Installing phpMyAdmin and its dependencies: This tutorial assumes that you have a Ubuntu Server 16.04 installation with a LAMP server or PHP already installed and up-to-date. This guide will walk you through a quick installation and then a more complex password protected security setup to keep your phpMyAdmin setup guarded. Securing it on the other hand, is a more complicated task one that involves a bit of basic terminal knowledge. Installing phpMyAdmin on ubuntu is made extremely easy because it's included in the main repository. ![]()
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