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database-server: Database Servers

 
cli linuxusing command line utilitiesclidatabasedatabase server

The database-server utility is used to manage database server
entries in Plesk through CLI. By using this utility, you can perform the
following tasks:

  • creating database server entries in Plesk
  • setting and editing database server connection parameters in the
    entries

Usage

database-server <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

Example

The following command sets the new login name dbadmin and the new
password dbpass for the database server administrator on a remote
database server previously available at 192.0.2.78:3838 (as recorded
in the database server entry in Plesk) and sets the IP address and port
number for the entry to 192.0.2.89:3636.

plesk bin database-server --update-server 192.0.2.78:67.78 -set 192.0.2.89:3636 -admin dbadmin -passwd dbpass

Commands

Command Parameter Description Example
--create-server <host>:<port>

Creates a database server entry in Plesk.

Requires -type option.

To create the database server entry in Plesk for the MySQL
server available at IP address and port number
192.0.2.78:3838 and set the server administrator’s login name
dbadmin and password dbpass:

plesk bin database-server --create-server 192.0.2.78:3838 -type mysql -admin dbadmin -passwd dbpass

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