Create a MySQL database and user

SoftServer installs MariaDB (a drop-in MySQL replacement) and lets you manage databases from the panel.

Steps

1. Open your server and go to the Databases section. If a database server is not installed yet, the panel installs MariaDB for you.
2. Create a database user — the panel creates the user and a matching database, and shows the credentials.
3. Use those credentials (host, database name, username, password) in your application's configuration or .env file.

For platform installs

When you install a platform like WordPress or Laravel, a database and user are created automatically during setup, so you usually do not need to do this by hand.

Managing users

You can view existing database users and remove ones you no longer need from the same section. To browse and edit data visually, install phpMyAdmin.