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Set Up UFW for phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Secure phpMyAdmin with UFW on Ubuntu—install Apache and phpMyAdmin with

apt install apache2 phpmyadmin

then allow HTTP/HTTPS with

ufw allow 80 && ufw allow 443

Restrict phpMyAdmin access to your IP (e g 192 168 1 100) with

ufw allow from 192.168.1.100 to any port 80

and

ufw deny 80

—enable with

ufw enable

Check with

ufw status

—expect \"80 ALLOW 192 168 1 100\" Add SSL with Certbot (

certbot --apache

) On DigitalOcean test at https://ip/phpmyadmin—only your IP works ensuring MySQL uptime and security against public access