In order to access phpMyAdmin via SSH tunnel, you need an SSH client. In the instructions below we have selected PuTTY, a free SSH client for Windows and UNIX platforms. The first step is to configure PuTTY. Find out how to configure PuTTY.
Once you have your SSH client correctly configured and you have confirmed that you can successfully access your instance using SSH, you need to create an SSH tunnel in order to access phpMyAdmin. Follow these steps:
In the “Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels” section, add a new forwarded port by introducing the following values:
Remember that if you are redirecting HTTP requests to the HTTPS port, you must use destination port 443 instead of 80.
This will create a secure tunnel by forwarding a port (the “destination port”) on the remote server to a port (the “source port”) on the local host (127.0.0.1 or localhost).
Click the “Add” button to add the secure tunnel configuration to the session. You’ll see the added port in the list of “Forwarded ports”.
In the “Session” section, save your changes by clicking the “Save” button.
Click the “Open” button to open an SSH session to the server. The SSH session will now include a secure SSH tunnel between the two specified ports.
Access the phpMyAdmin console through the secure SSH tunnel you created, by browsing to http://127.0.0.1:8888/phpmyadmin.
Log in to phpMyAdmin by using the following credentials:
Here is an example of what you should see:
If you are unable to access phpMyAdmin, verify that the SSH tunnel was created by checking the PuTTY event log (accessible via the “Event Log” menu):
