How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS

Introduction

phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source tool used to manage MySQL databases through a web interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS.

Prerequisites

  • A CentOS 6.4 VPS with root access
  • Apache web server installed and running
  • PHP installed and running
  • MySQL installed and running

Step 1: Install phpMyAdmin

To install phpMyAdmin, run the following command:

yum install phpmyadmin

This will install phpMyAdmin and its dependencies.

Step 2: Configure Apache

Open the Apache configuration file with the following command:

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines to the bottom of the file:

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin

		
			AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

			
				# Apache 2.4
				Require ip your_ip_address
			
			
				# Apache 2.2
				Order Deny,Allow
				Deny from All
				Allow from your_ip_address

Replace "your_ip_address" with the IP address you will be accessing phpMyAdmin from.

Save and exit the file.

Step 3: Restart Apache

Restart Apache with the following command:

service httpd restart

Step 4: Secure phpMyAdmin

Create a configuration file for phpMyAdmin with the following command:

vi /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

Add the following lines to the file:

<?php
			$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'random_secret_key_here';
			$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
			$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;
			?>

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