When you use a script-driven app for your website, any information which both you and the website users generate will be stored in a database - an accumulation of information, which is organized in cells and tables for simpler reading and writing. The latter is done by employing special software called database management system and one of the most popular ones around the globe is MySQL. A lot of script apps are built to work with MySQL because it’s easy to use, it performs really well on a hosting server and it's universal as it can work with well-known web programming languages (PHP, Java, Perl, Python) and on several server Operating Systems (Windows, UNIX, Linux). There are huge amounts of scripts which use MySQL, including quite popular ones such as WordPress, Joomla™ and Moodle.
MySQL 5 Databases in Cloud Hosting
The in-house built Hepsia CP offered with our Linux cloud hosting will permit you to manage all your MySQL databases effortlessly. It takes only a few clicks to create a completely new database and with just one more click you can back it up if you would like to have a copy before you update your web site, for example. You'll be able to change the password, remove a database or permit remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you may pick the IP addresses that'll be able to connect to the database remotely to ensure that unauthorized people shall not be able to access your information. If you want to view the database content or edit any cell or table via the Control Panel, you may use phpMyAdmin, an excellent web-based interface. Using any of our script-driven applications will also be super easy as our script installer will create a database for the script which you have selected automatically.
MySQL 5 Databases in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to use any script that requires MySQL with all of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting due to the fact that we have the newest version installed on all servers - MySQL 5. Using our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP, you shall be able to swiftly set up or delete a database, modify its password, back it up with one mouse click or check the hourly and daily access statistics for it. If you'd like to manage the content of a database directly, not through a script, you will have two options - either working with the web interface of the phpMyAdmin tool, that is available in the Control Panel, or using an app set up on your PC considering the fact that we support remote database access. For the aforementioned option, you will have to include your IP address via the hosting account first as an added level of protection against unauthorized access to your info.