Web Cloud Databases - Connecting to a database

Objective

You can access your database’s content via an interface. There are several ways you can connect to it.

This guide explains how to connect to your database on your database server.

Requirements

• A Web Cloud Databases instance (included in a Performance web hosting plan).

OVHcloud Control Panel Access

• Direct link: Cloud Databases
• Navigation path: Web Cloud > Web Cloud Databases > Select your database service

Instructions

Logging in to a MySQL or MariaDB database

With OVHcloud phpMyAdmin

Log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel, then go to the Web Cloud section. Click on the Web Cloud Databases tab in the left-hand column, then select the name of your database server.

In the General information tab, you will find the access link to phpMyAdmin in the “Database administration” box, under “User interface”.

You will land on the phpMyAdmin login page.

Enter the following information to connect to your database:

• Server: Enter the hostname of your database server, followed by its port number. The port number must be separated from the hostname by a “space” or “:”. For example, if the hostname is aaXXXXX-XXX.eu.clouddb.ovh.net and the port number is 12345, then you would type aaXXXXX-XXX.eu.clouddb.ovh.net:12345 or aaXXXXX-XXX.eu.clouddb.ovh.net 12345. To find the hostname and port number of your Web Cloud Databases server, log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel, then go to the Web Cloud section. Click on the Web Cloud Databases tab in the left-hand column, then select the name of your database server. On the General information page that appears, you will find the hostname and the port number in the Login information box.

• User: Enter the username of your database server. To find the username of your database, log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel and go to the Web Cloud section. Click on the Web Cloud Databases tab in the left-hand column, then select the name of your database server. On the page that opens, click on the Users and rights tab. There, you will find a table listing all of the users created on your Web Cloud Databases solution.

• Password: Enter the password associated with the username concerned. If you do not have the password associated with this username, log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel, then go to the Web Cloud section. Click on the Web Cloud Databases tab in the left-hand column, then select the name of your database server. On the page that opens, click on the Users and rights tab. Click the ... button to the right of the user concerned to Change password.

If the connection succeeds, the next page of phpMyAdmin will appear.

Connecting to the database outside the Control Panel

To connect to your database, please ensure that you have the following information:

• Server: the host name of your server is visible in the General information tab of your database server, in the Database administration box under “Host name” in the SQL section.
• User: The user name you created in the Users and rights tab of your database server.
• Password: The password associated with the connecting user.
• Port: The port is visible in the General information tab of your database server, in the Database administration box, under “Port” in the SQL section.
• Database Name:: The databases are listed in the Databases tab of your database server.

1. Connecting via the command line

mysql --host=server --user=username --port=port --password=password database_name

2. Connecting via PHP script

1. <?php
2. $db = new PDO('mysql:host=host;port=port;dbname=dbname', 'username', 'password');
3. ?>

3. Connecting via software (SQuirreL)

• Launch SQuirreL and click Aliases, then +

• Fill in the fields below and confirm by clicking OK:
  • Name: Select a name.
  • Driver: Choose "MySQL Driver".
  • URL: Enter the server address and port as jdbc:mysql://server:port.
  • User Name: Enter the username.
  • Password: Enter the password.

• Confirm again with the Connect button.

You are now connected to your database.

4. Connecting with phpMyAdmin

You can use your own phpMyAdmin interface to access the contents of your database. To do this, install phpMyAdmin on your own server or Web Hosting plan. During this installation, make sure that the information for your database server and database is correctly configured so that phpMyAdmin can connect to it.

Logging in to a PostgreSQL database

To connect to your database, please ensure that you have the following information:

• Server: the host name of your server is visible in the General information tab of your database server, in the Database administration box under “Host name” in the SQL section.
• User: The user name you created in the Users and rights tab of your database server.
• Password: The password associated with the connecting user.
• Port: The port is visible in the General information tab of your database server, in the Database administration box, under “Port” in the SQL section.
• Database name: The databases are listed in the Databases tab of your database server.

Connecting via the command line

psql --host=server --port=port --user=username --password=password database_name

Connecting via PHP script

1. <?php
2. $myPDO = new PDO('pgsql:host=host;port=port;dbname=dbname', 'username', 'password');
3. ?>

Connecting via software (SQuirreL)

• Launch SQuirreL and click Aliases, then +

• Fill in the fields below and confirm by clicking OK:
  • Name: Select a name.
  • Driver: Choose "PostgreSQL".
  • URL: Enter the server address and port as jdbc:postgresql://server:port/database.
  • User Name: Enter the username.
  • Password: Enter the password.

• Confirm again with the Connect button.

You are now connected to your database.

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