How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 Server

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 Server

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 Server

phpMyAdmin is a popular web-based database management tool used to manage MySQL and MariaDB databases. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation and secure configuration of phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 server.

Step 1: Update Your System

Before installing any new software, it is recommended to update your system with the latest available packages. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

yum update

Step 2: Install Apache, PHP and MariaDB

To install Apache, PHP and MariaDB, run the following command:

yum install httpd php mariadb-server mariadb

Step 3: Start Apache and MariaDB Services

Start Apache and MariaDB services with the following commands:

systemctl start httpd.service
systemctl start mariadb.service

Step 4: Install phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is available in the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository. To install it, run the following command:

yum install epel-release

Then, install phpMyAdmin with the following command:

yum install phpmyadmin

Step 5: Configure Apache for phpMyAdmin

Edit the Apache configuration file with the following command:

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin
	Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin
	
	Options none
	AllowOverride Limit
	Require all granted
	

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Secure phpMyAdmin

Create a configuration file for phpMyAdmin with the following command:

cp /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/config.sample.inc.php /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

Open the configuration file with the following command:

vi /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

Find the following line:

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';

Generate a random blowfish secret and replace the empty string with it. You can generate a blowfish secret with the following command:

openssl rand -base64 32

Also, add the following lines to the configuration file:

$cfg['TempDir'] = '/var/lib/php/session';
	$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 1800;

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Restart Apache

Restart Apache with the following command:

systemctl

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