How to Add remote host in phpMyadmin

How to Add remote host in phpMyadmin

Solution:

1. edit the file /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
2. Add the Remote host in the format given below.

$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = '192.168.1.2'; // MySQL hostname or IP address
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']          = '';          // MySQL port - leave blank for default port
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']        = '';          // Path to the socket - leave blank for default socket
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';       // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']     = 'mysqli';    // The php MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli')
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']      = FALSE;       // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection
                                                    // (requires PHP >= 4.3.0)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']   = '';          // MySQL control user settings
                                                    // (this user must have read-only
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']   = '';          // access to the "mysql/user"
                                                    // and "mysql/db" tables).
                                                    // The controluser is also
                                                    // used for all relational
                                                    // features (pmadb)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']     = 'config';    // Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)?
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']          = 'username';          // MySQL user  -------> Make sure this user created in the mysql server
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']      = 'password';          // MySQL password (only needed

3. Restart Apache.
service httpd restart


Create MySQL user:

CREATE USER username@'Phpmyadmin server' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <db>.* to username@'phpmyadmin server' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;