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phpMyAdmin Installation Guide (LEMP)

phpMyAdmin provides a popular an easy to use open-source MySQL management GUI.

  1. Install phpMyAdmin

     $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

When prompted for server type, hit tab and choose neither one. When prompoted for database configuration, select dbconfig-common 2. Create symbolic link and restart nginx

    $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /usr/share/nginx/www/phpmyadmin

  1. Enable mcrypt on PHP module

     $ sudo php5enmod mcrypt
 $ sudo service php5-fpm restart
 $ sudo service nginx restart

  2. You should be able to access phpmyadmin via domain_name_or_ip/phpmyadmin

Disclaimer: Take note that it is not advisable to expose phpmyadmin to the public view as this would be the perfect place for attacks to take place to compromise our database.

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