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CentOS / RHEL: Install and Congure phpMyAdmin Administration Of MySQL Database Server
by nixCraft on July 25, 2012 4 comments last updated at July 25, 2012 How do I install phpMyAdmin to handle the administration of MySQL database server over the World Wide Web under Fedora / Scientic / CentOS / RHEL / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x server systems? phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web. Most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, elds, relations, indexes, users, permissions, while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement. It comes with an intuitive web interface, support for most MySQL features.

Step #1: Turn on EPEL repo

phpMyAdmin is not included in default RHEL / CentOS repo. So turn on EPEL repo as described here:
$ cd /tmp $ wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm

Step #2: Install phpMyAdmin

Type the following command:
# yum search phpmyadmin # yum -y install phpmyadmin

Sample outputs:

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Loaded plugins: rhnplugin Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. --> Running transaction check ---> Package phpMyAdmin.noarch 0:3.5.1-1.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================== Installing: phpMyAdmin noarch 3.5.1-1.el6 epel 4.2 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================== Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 4.2 M Installed size: 17 M Downloading Packages: phpMyAdmin-3.5.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm | 4.2 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : phpMyAdmin-3.5.1-1.el6.noarch 1/1 Verifying : phpMyAdmin-3.5.1-1.el6.noarch 1/1 Installed: phpMyAdmin.noarch 0:3.5.1-1.el6

Step #3: Congure phpMyAdmin

You need to edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf, enter:
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf

It allows only localhost by default. You can setup HTTPD SSL as described here (mod_ssl) and allow LAN / WAN users or DBA user to manage the database over www. Find line that read follows
Require ip 127.0.0.1

Replace with your workstation IP address:

Require ip 10.1.3.53

Again nd the following line:

Allow from 127.0.0.1

Replace as follows:
Allow from 10.1.3.53

Save and close the le. Restart Apache / httpd server:

# service httpd restart

Open a web browser and type the following url:

https://your-server-ip/phpMyAdmin/

OR
http://your-server-ip/phpMyAdmin/

Sample outputs:

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Fig.01: phpMyAdmin in Action Please note that you will be prompted for a username and password. You need to provide your database username and password to login into the user interface. If you want to manage all database use mysql admin user account called root. phpMyAdmin conguration le is located at /etc/phpMyAdmin/cong.inc.php. You can edit this le using a text editor:
# vi /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

All directives are explained in Documentation.html and on phpMyAdmin wiki.

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