How to Create a MySQL Database in Plesk

Running a website often entails that you keep track of important files by using a MySQL database system. Plesk actually allows website managers to quickly access their web files and to create and alter MySQl database. Not all web-hosting packages include MySQL database capabilities. But if it does, Plesk makes it easy. With a few simple clicks, you can use Plesk to Add MySQl users, delete them and change their passwords. Here are step-by-step instructions.

Steps to Create MySQL Database

  1. Make sure you are logged in to your Plesk account
  2. To create a MySQL database, click on the database icon
  3. Clik "Add New Database"
  4. Enter a name for the new database
  5. Leave the data typeset as MySQL typeset
  6. Click"OK"
  7. The new database customer is created
  8. To enter a new user, click on "Add New Database User"
  9. Enter user name in the box
  10. Enter Password you want in the box
  11. Reenter the password
  12. Click on "OK"
  13. The user has now been created
  14. To edit users' passwords, click on the user name
  15. To delete a user, click the check box next to the user
  16. Then click on "Remove Selected" icon
  17. To create additional users, click on the "Add User" icon
  18. Return to the home page and you're done.

 

More about Plesk

 

When you want to manage your website's files in a variety of powerful ways, Plesk makes it pretty easy to change users' access, shift subdirectories and create subdomains to name a few features. Plesk is a clean graphical interface that gives web managers web-based access to handle their critical web assets. Most things can be done with basic point and click operations, and there isn't much technical jargon. From adding on domains to parking domains, the Plesk interface can handle most of your web management needs.