[FIXED] How can I secure or change phpmyadmin for my wordpress site that is hosted on Google Cloud Platform?

Issue

I'm using GCP for hosting my Wordpress website, which is using php 7.4 and Debian. I followed the steps for Google Click to Deploy and I am able to access <IP/Domain>/phpmyadmin to get to the database. How can I make this more secure or change the URL??

I've looked at other solutions and cannot find the file or path for /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf or /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf

Solution

I don't know GCP specifically, but you've mentioned Debian so I'll take a stab at this.

The phpMyAdmin package for Debian configures this as part of the Alias statement at the top of /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf:

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

You can change the path to anything you'd like (although note that, depending on your settings, it might get reverted when you update the package), such as

Alias /superSecretObscurePath /usr/share/phpmyadmin

Afterwords, you'll have to reload or restart Apache.

Answered By - Isaac Bennetch

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (PHPFixing Admin)