Connecting To RDS MySQL Using phpMyAdmin (EC2, RDS)

AWS Tutorial Series · 102K views · 2015 · 5:30

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Why Stack Overflow recommends it

Stack Overflow users link it when answering or asking how to reach an RDS MySQL database through phpMyAdmin running on an EC2 instance.

Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2016 to 2018.

What it is

A short screencast tutorial from the AWS Tutorial Series showing how to install phpMyAdmin on an EC2 instance and point it at an Amazon RDS MySQL database. The presenter walks through the setup and supplies the commands in a GitHub repo for copy and paste.

What people said

Recommends borthrop · 2017-12 · Stack Overflow · on “Connecting to an Amazon RDS with Express”

I figured it out. I have to connect to an EC2 (which is then connected to an RDS), instead of to an RDS directly. To do so, I followed this tutorial: [this video] And then this tutorial: [LINK] Then I changed the appropriate URLs (in my fetch() calls and Express connection hosts) to my EC2 endpoint. And it worked!

Recommends user2652061 · 2018-03 · Stack Overflow · on “How to access files and phpmyadmin of a WordPress website in aws”

@FoisalMehedi Have lot of options to connect wordpress Database in AWS. U can Refer the below methods to connect [ [this video] ] refer below link to connect mysql DB using Putty method. [LINK]

Cites sidd · 2016-02 · Stack Overflow · on “AWS EC2 instance creating database and uploading pages”

Hi guys yesterday I was fiddling with AWS EC2 and successfully created an instance i remotely accessed the linux based ubuntu instance through mind term nd installed apache 2,mysql and phpmyadmin........ i was thinking of uploading my website there and pages in the ../var/www/html folder so is it wise to store webpages there or should i use s3 bucket and connect them??.... i think if i upload pages there it will be accessed faster there and also if i created databases there it will be faster to access instead of connecting them through AWS RDS I watched this tutorial of andrew puch [this video] this helped me a lot with creation and connecting the instance with RDS.... So to sum up should i creat

Cites Shankar ARUL · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Using PHPMyAdmin to administer Amazon RDS”

sudo nano /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php --ADD LINES BELOW THE PMA CONFIG AREA AND FILL IN DETAILS-- $i++; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '__FILL_IN_DETAILS__'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '3306'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = ''; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = FALSE; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = '__FILL_IN_DETAILS__'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '__FILL_IN_DETAILS__'; Save and Exit. Refresh your phpmyadmin page and you'll see a dropdown with the server that you just added [LINK] Source: [LINK] , [this video]

Cites AusTex · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “phpmyadmin connection issue between EC2 and RDS on AWS”

I have followed the procedure on this tutorial: [this video] but for some reason I get an error when I reach minute 5:03. See attached error. Could it be due to security groups? In the video it only says 'wide open' [LINK]