[Carolyn]

Here is the prompt:

Choose database host (e.g. IP) without port: 127.0.0.1

[Jeremy]

it should be 127.0.0.1 which is the localhost (loopback) IP address unless you are using a remote database or something

[Janice]

Many of managed (remote) database providers these days are using a unique CNAME instead of IP address so you can input that, I tested and it works fine with SlickStack

example:

my-unique-string.region.example.com

[Bryan]

not necessarily CNAME but you understand my meaning I think 😆

[David]

@Janice is correct

You can input whatever database server address (URL) that your managed database provider gave to you, it doesn’t necessarily need to be an IP address and probably will not be an IP address at most of the modern cloud database providers these days.

SlickStack defaults to using TCP connections for the database which means it will connect to remote databases no problem.

[Christian]

DigitalOcean managed database hostname example:

your_database_cluster_hostname.b.db.ondigitalocean.com

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-connect-to-mysql-managed-database-via-phpmyadmin

[Vincent]

database server can be IP address or hostname it doesn’t matter, as long as the database server accepts connections that way. but the port number must be exactly correct. every database server provider uses a different port number so check it carefully…

[Charles]

DigitalOcean managed database hostname example:

what is the port number for DigitalOcean remote databases then

[Philip]

mysqldump from managed remote database server

[Sean]

Database Access

[Author]

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