By default, phpMyAdmin installs its web interface to a well-known location, like yourhost.com/phpMyAdmin. In order to make the phpMyAdmin installation more secure, it is a good idea to change this to a different, unique name. In order to do so, open the apache.conf file in the phpMyAdmin’s configuration directory. On many Linux servers, this file is located in /etc/phpmyadmin/. At the top of apache.conf, look for the following line:
# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
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Simply change the alias to point to the unique URL you want for your installation. For example:
# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration
Alias /ami /usr/share/phpmyadmin
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After this is done, restart the Apache service to see the changes:
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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart |
Now visit the new URL, and phpMyAdmin should be there. For example, yoursite.com/secretadmin.
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