Software/Scripts How to Restrict access to the phpMyAdmin by IP Address

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How to Restrict access to the phpMyAdmin by IP Address
Ivan Revelli - 07/Mar/2020

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Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Edit the phpmyadmin config file

1	sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf

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#Restrict phpMyAdmin via IP address Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Allow from 10.1.1.10

Restart apache service

1	sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Restart apache service

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GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf # phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin An example of a full conf file, whereto we give full access to an entairly network addresses <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin> #Restrict phpMyAdmin via IP address Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Allow from 10.0.9.0/24 Options FollowSymLinks DirectoryIndex index.php <IfModule mod_php5.c> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off php_flag track_vars On php_flag register_globals Off php_admin_flag allow_url_fopen Off php_value include_path . php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/lib/phpmyadmin/tmp php_admin_value open_basedir /usr/share/phpmyadmin/:/etc/phpmyadmin/:/var/lib/phpmyadmin/:/usr/share/php/php-gette$ </IfModule> </Directory> # Authorize for setup <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup> <IfModule mod_authn_file.c> AuthType Basic AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup" AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup </IfModule> Require valid-user </Directory> # Disallow web access to directories that don't need it <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All </Directory> <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup/lib> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All </Directory>

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