Your MySQL databases can be administered through an SSH session via command line (especially if you have large sized data to import/export). To access your account using SSH you must subscribe to a hosting plan that supports this feature.
Enable SSH for your account:
- Login to your Netfirms Control Panel.
- Click Hosting.
- Click Settings.
- Select Enable in the SSH pull-down menu.
We suggest using Putty to connect to your account as it is a freely available SSH client for windows.
SSH connections can be established with the following login credentials:
- Username: Your Netfirms member name.
- Password: Your Netfirms account password.
- Host: membername.netfirms.com (port 22).
Connecting to the MySQL shell
To connect to a mysql database via a SSH session: (where [Username] is the database username, [Password] is the database password and [DatabaseID] is the database id):
mysql -u[Username] -p[Password] [DatabaseID] |
Note: Your mysql Username, Password, DatabaseID information may be retrieved from the Netfirms Control Panel
Importing a .sql file into your database
To import a .sql file to an existing mysql database hosted on your account:
/usr/local/nf/bin/mysql -hmysqlhost -u[Username] -p[Password] [DatabaseID] < backupFile.sql |
For example:
/usr/local/nf/bin/mysql -hmysqlhost -uu12345678 -psecret d12345678 < backupFile.sql |
Note: If you encounter a “max_questions” error, you should redo your mysql backup using the -e switch as in the example above. Then try the import command again.
Exporting your MySQL database
/usr/local/nf/bin/mysqldump -e -hmysqlhost -u[Username] -p[Password] [DatabseID] > dbBackupFile.sql |
For example:
/usr/local/nf/bin/mysqldump -e -hmysqlhost -uu12345678 -psecret d12345678 > backupFile.sql |
