Secure PHPMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress like a pro with this quick tip by our in-house experts. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our WordPress Support Services.

Let’s take a look at how our WordPress Support Team is ready to help customers secure PhpMyAdmin for WordPress.

How to Secure PhpMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress

Adding an extra layer of security while using phpMyAdmin is made easy by enabling Apache’s authentication. In fact, we often get requests from our customers for help with this process. Our Support Engineers will show you how to achieve this today by editing the Apache configuration file.

However, before we process, please keep in mind that the location of the Apache configuration file varies depending on the Bitnami installation type. Run the command below to determine our Bitnami installation type:

test ! -f "/opt/bitnami/common/bin/openssl" && echo "Approach A: Using system packages." || echo "Approach B: Self-contained installation."

The command’s output will tell us which strategy (A or B) the installation is taking and will help us identify the paths while securing PhpMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress.

Now, let’s head back to editing the Apache configuration file:

1. To begin with, we have to locate the Apache configuration file, depending on whether we are using Approach A or Approach B:
   • Approach A:

     /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/phpmyadmin.conf
   • Approach B:

      /opt/bitnami/apps/phpmyadmin/conf/httpd-app.conf
2. Open the file from the above step and add the following code to it in order to Secure PhpMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress:

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName phpMyAdmin
    AuthUserFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/users"
    Require valid-user
3. Next, modify or set the phpMyAdmin access password with the following command:

   sudo /opt/bitnami/apache2/bin/htpasswd -cb /opt/bitnami/apache2/users administrator NEWPASSWORD
4. Finally, restart Apache to make the modification effective:

   sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

After making the above changes, we have to log in twice while accessing phpMyAdmin. Once via the username administrator and the second time via the username root.

The password for the username administrator is the one we set in Step 3 earlier and we can access the second password from the control panel or server launchpad. By securing PhpMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress, we get an additional layer of security,

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled WordPress Support Engineers at Bobcares took us through the process of securing PHPMyAdmin Bitnami WordPress.