How to: Manage MySQL Database Users in SiteWorx

From the SiteWorx interface, SiteWorx users can create and manage MySQL database users.

By default, all database users created in SiteWorx will be prefixed by the SiteWorx account unix username. While there it is not possible to create non-prefixed database users from within SiteWorx, users with shell access may do so from the CLI.

Contents

• How to: Manage MySQL Database Users in SiteWorx

  • To Create a New Database User

  • To Edit a Database User

  • To Add a Database User to a Database

  • How to: Delete a Database User

To Create a New Database User

1. Log into SiteWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/siteworx)

2. In SiteWorx, navigate to Hosting Features > MySQL > Users, either from the side menu or SiteWorx home

3. Click +. This opens the Add a MySQL User form

4. Update the required fields:

   • Username: The database username

   • Password/Confirm Password: The password for the user. Clicking the Magic Wand automatically generates a secure password

   

5. Click Add

To Edit a Database User

1. Log into SiteWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/siteworx)

2. In SiteWorx, navigate to Hosting Features > MySQL > Users, either from the side menu or SiteWorx home

3. Click the Pencil icon next to the user to edit. This opens the MySQL User Account: Change Password form

4. Update the Password/Confirm Password fields. Clicking the Magic Wand automatically generates a new secure password

   

5. Click Save

To Add a Database User to a Database

1. Log into SiteWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/siteworx)

2. In SiteWorx, navigate to Hosting Features > MySQL > Databases, either from the side menu or SiteWorx home.

3. Click the Person icon button next to the Database you wish manage users for. The opens the User Permissions page

4. Update the required fields:

   • User: The user that will be added to the database

   • MySQL User Permissions: The permissions the database user should have

   • When Connecting From: The host the database user will connect from. % is the default, which is a wildcard

   

5. Click Add

How to: Delete a Database User

1. Log into SiteWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/siteworx)

2. In SiteWorx, navigate to Hosting Features > MySQL > Users, either from the side menu or SiteWorx home

3. Click the Trashcan icon next to the user to delete. This opens the Confirmation form

   

4. Click Delete