How to Log Into Remote MySQL Server

how to log into remote MySQL server

MySQL is the most popular database server – odds are your website is using MySQL to store its data. Sometimes we need to check or do other database related work on our website. The default configuration of MySQL server restricts access – only allowing connections from localhost, limiting connections solely to applications hosted on the same server. To enable remote access, we’ll have to modify the server settings to allow connections from external sources, adjust the permissions of the database user, configure the firewall, and so on. In this article, we will demonstrate how to log into remote MySQL server.

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How to Install MySQL on AlmaLinux

install mysql on almalinux

In this tutorial, we’ll be going over every step of how to install MySQL on AlmaLinux.

Database servers are the core of many web applications on the Internet. Their resource efficiency and great performance allow many users to read and write to websites simultaneously without issue. MySQL is one of the most popular database management platforms in the world. Since MySQL is not included by default on AlmaLinux, we’ll have to see how to install it.

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How To Fix Corrupted Tables in MySQL

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In this blog post, we are going to show you how to fix corrupted tables in MySQL.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system written in C and C++. This management system is used widely and has a large community that is increasing on a daily basis. MySQL is a part of the famous LAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack used in millions of websites today. Since it is used on a daily basis, the probability of some tables crashing and getting corrupted is very high. There are billions of transactions every second on every Linux server using MySQL.

In this blog post, we will install MySQL first and then explain the procedure to fix the corrupted tables. We will use Ubuntu 22.04, but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!

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10 Useful mysqladmin Commands for Database Administration

10 useful mysqladmin commands for database administration

In this blog post, we will show you ten useful mysqladmin commands for database administration.

Mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative operations. We can use this for checking the server’s configuration, creating and removing databases, users, tables, rows, and many more in MySQL. MySQL is a relational database management system used worldwide where the information is stored in tables. There are many database types offered by MySQL such as int, bigint, float,tinyint, smallint, mediumint and many more.

In this tutorial, first, we will install MySQL on the latest Ubuntu 22.04, then show you the mysqladmin commands. Let’s get started!

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MySQL vs SQLite vs PostgreSQL: Comparing the Relational Database Management Systems

MySQL vs SQLite vs PostgreSQL

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the differences between relational database management systems such as MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL.

This type of relational database management system is used worldwide, based on relational models, where the information is stored in tables linked between with relations, making the data to be easily referenced. We will explain the advantages and disadvantages of every type in a couple of sentences so you can better understand which one you should use in different scenarios. Let’s get started!

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How to Install and Use MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04

How to Install and Use MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install MySQL on your Ubuntu 20.04 and how to use it with the basic MySQL commands. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system and with its popularity is used widely on different systems for storing data.

In this post you will learn more about logging to MySQL with or without root user, database creation, user creation, granting privileges, external access to your databases, importing a database, making a dump of a database and etc. Let’s get started!

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How to Install MySQL Database on Ubuntu 20.04

how to install mysql database on ubuntu 20.04

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), it’s widely used and part of the popular LAMP/LEMP stacks. The data is organized in one or more tables in which the data types may be related to each other and MySQL uses SQL Structured Query Language to manage its data.

installing mysql database on ubuntu 20.04


Considering its part of the LAMP/LEMP stack it is used by many database-driven web applications such as WordPress, Magento, Drupal, and Joomla.
Today we will install MySQL on our server and create a database and user with chosen permissions on this database, let’s get started!

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MySQL SHOW USERS: List All Users in a MySQL Database

Today we are going to guide you on how to show all users in the MySQL users Database.

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A common question that most beginner MySQL users ask is “How do I see all of the users in my MySQL server?” Most of them assume that there is a show users command in MySQL, but there isn’t one. This is a common mistake because there are other MySQL commands for displaying information about the database. For example, SHOW DATABASES will show us all of the databases that are present in our MySQL Server, and SHOW TABLES will show us all the tables in the MySQL database that you have selected.

It’s not unusual for people to assume that there should be a SHOW USERS command in MySQL. Even though there isn’t a specific command for it, there are several ways to actually see the list of users and even filter them to see exactly what you need. This can all be done with the MySQL command line tool – let’s get started.

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