Announcing Enhanced Database Access with phpMyAdmin

Great news: We’re enhancing your database management capabilities by introducing read access to phpMyAdmin for all your environments. This user-friendly frontend tool will provide convenient read-only access to your database. 

Getting Started

To get access to phpMyAdmin you need to make sure to update your VIP-CLI to the latest version by running the following command:

npm install -g @automattic/vip

Once you’re at least on version 2.38.0 or higher you can simply run the following command:

vip db phpmyadmin @APPID.Environment

Check out our documentation for instructions on accessing and using phpMyAdmin through the VIP-CLI.

The introduction read-only access to your database through phpMyAdmin marks a pivotal moment in our continuous effort to provide advanced tools and features that cater to the evolving needs of our customers. It embodies our commitment to enhancing the development experience, offering a sophisticated yet user-friendly platform for efficient database management.

Need Help or Have Questions?

If you encounter any issues or have questions about using phpMyAdmin, our support team is here to assist. Please open a support ticket, and we’ll help ensure a smooth experience.

New Feature: Runtime Logs

You can now access application logs via the new vip logs command!

Runtime Logs provides an aggregated, near real-time view into recent application logs generated by your WordPress and Node applications running on VIP Cloud. These logs can provide insights into the current health of an application and can be helpful for debugging issues.

For WordPress applications, you’ll get visibility into PHP Errors including fatals and warnings as well as any logs that are output using the error_log() function. For Node applications, you’ll get all output sent to stdout or stderr (e.g. via console class).

Our documentation for Runtime Logs has details about this new VIP-CLI command including options for alternate output formats and special considerations. Please note that you’ll need VIP-CLI 2.7.0 or higher to use this.

In an upcoming release, we’ll be adding support for “tailing”, which will auto-fetch new log entries. We’re also exploring support for filtering, additional log types, and access to logs via the VIP Dashboard.

We’d love to know what you think including how you hope to use this feature (or what we’re missing); please get in touch!