Control Panel - Databases

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Information 3 Database management 4 Creating a new database 5 Managing a database 5.1 Information 5.2 Administration 5.3 Reset database 6 Deleting a database

[edit] Introduction

This set of tools will allow you to create, manage and delete your MySQL databases:

[edit] Information

This will show you the amount of databases created in your package and the space they use:

[edit] Database management

Here you will find a table of all your databases and the database creation interface:

[edit] Creating a new database

To create a new MySQL database for your pack take the following steps from DATABASE MANAGEMENT:

1. Enter the description of the table (the description will allow you to know what the database is used for):
   
   
   
   
2. Select the MySQL version you want to work with:
   
   
   
   
3. Click on
4. The new database will be added to the table while the creation is in progress:
   
   
   
   
5. Approximately 20 minutes later the creation will be confirmed and the status will change to Active:
   
   
   
   

As the MySQL server is shared, names of databases are assigned by the system and cannot be changed.

[edit] Managing a database

Once the database has been created, you will be able to manage it by clicking on Edit:

The management screen has 3 sections.

[edit] Information

This section gives you basic information on your database (status, version and description):

[edit] Administration

This section includes all the details necessary to manage your database:

• Server the database has been created on
• phpMyAdmin interface: link to the URL where you can access your database via phpMyAdmin
• Login and Password to connect to the server and access the database
• New password and Confirm new password: if you want to modify the password for the database, just fill in both fields and click on

As you can see on the main database listing table, the name of the database will be the same as the login for the server.

[edit] Reset database

This allows you to recreate or delete your database:

If you have more than one Web Pro + pack in your account, you will see the following tool:

This will allow you to move your database to another pack in your customer account.

[edit] Deleting a database

To delete a database:

1. check the box to the right of the database you want to delete:
   
   
   
   
2. select Delete a database from the drop-down menu:
   
   
   
   
3. confirm the deletion by clicking on OK:
   
   
   
   
4. the database will be set to deleting in progress status:
   
   
   
   

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