If you use a script-driven app for your site, any data which both you and the site users generate shall be stored within a database - a collection of information, that's arranged in cells and tables for simpler reading and writing. The latter is accomplished through special software called database management system and one of the most popular ones world-wide is MySQL. A large amount of script apps are built to work with MySQL as it is easy to work with, it functions perfectly on a hosting server and it is universal as it can work with popular web programming languages (Python, Perl, PHP, Java) and on numerous web server Operating Systems (UNIX, Linux, Windows). There are literally thousands of scripts which use MySQL, including very popular ones like WordPress, Joomla™ and Moodle.

MySQL 5 Databases in Cloud Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia CP offered with our cloud hosting services will permit you to manage all your MySQL databases effortlessly. It requires only a few clicks to set up a brand new database and with only one more click you can back it up if you'd like to have a copy before you update your site, for example. You'll be able to change the password, erase a database or permit remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you may choose the IP addresses that will be able to connect to the database remotely so as to make sure that unauthorized people won't be able to access your info. If you would like to view the database content or change any cell or table from the CP, you should use phpMyAdmin, a powerful web-based interface. Using any of our script-driven applications shall also be quite simple as our script installer will create a database for the script that you have picked out 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 as we have the latest version set up on all servers - MySQL 5. Using our in-house built Hepsia website hosting CP, you shall be able to swiftly set up or remove a database, change its password, back it up with just a single click or check out the hourly and daily access statistics for it. If you would like to manage the content of a database directly, not through a script, you'll have 2 options - either using the web interface of the phpMyAdmin tool, which is available in the CP, or using an app installed on your PC since we support remote database access. For the latter option, you will need to include your IP address through the web hosting account first as an additional level of protection against unauthorized access to your info.