Change phpmyadmin port + url

As the title said, I changed phpmyadmin port to 99 through adding a virtual host file at /etc/apache2/sites-available, the file looks like :

Listen 99
<VirtualHost *:99>
        ServerName localhost
        Alias /secreturl /usr/share/phpmyadmin
        <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
                AllowOverride None
                Require all granted
        </Directory>
        DocumentRoot /usr/share/phpmyadmin
        Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/phpmyadmin.error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/phpmyadmin.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

The issue is when I access the url IP:99 I get access to phpmyadmin without adding the secret url to the url, how do I prevent this ?

tomasnorre

4 years ago

Level 51

How is read the config, it's because the Alias /secreturl /usr/share/phpmyadmin and the DocumentRoot /usr/share/phpmyadmin are the same.

Therefore, the alias isn't needed. So change your DocumentRoot to something else.

PS: "security by obscurity" can not be recommended. Add and Auth-basic or something instead or on top.

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