How to enable external access to phpMyAdmin on Plesk

The phpMyAdmin database management tool provide a web interface for the administration of databases. The tools also allow running SQL queries from this user interface.

To enable direct access to phpMyAdmin:

Open the following file (on Linux):

/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini

or the following file (on Windows):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Plesk\admin\conf\panel.ini

(create the file if necessary).

Add the following lines to it:

[databaseManagement]
features.phpMyAdmin.loginForm.enabled = on

This makes it possible to access phpMyAdmin by browsing the following URL:

https://<host-name-or-IP>:8443/phpmyadmin

To specify user credentials use the standard database management options in Plesk to create a user with privileges to access phpMyAdmin.