Where can I find the correct username and password to access phpmyadmin

RonWoodward 2017-04-02 09:36:06 UTC #1

I know Bitnami docs advises that I use the username and password that I used when I set my wiki up but every but every combination I have tried does not work.
The combination I used before, which allowed me to create wiki pages no longer works, because the file has become corrupted.
I downloaded wampstack-5..6.30-1 and installed mediawiki on that on my local machine.
Even though my windows task manager indicates that both Apache and Mysql are running the windows-manager app that comes with wampstack says the servers are not running so I cant go to my application or phpmysql.
I have saved a copy of my files to a separate drive so I don't lose any existing data.
I also have installed intellij IDEA IDE to try and access the sql data, but I come up against the same user and passport problem so I cant get in to the files.
1) is there anywhere i can find the username and password?
2) is there a default password
3) can I reset the password
4) will reinstalling the wampstack fix the "servers not running" problem and will that destroy any existing data?
5) where is the data for the mediawiki stored so I can copy those pages to a new installation if I have to go that route?

Thanks,

Ron Woodward

jariza 2017-04-03 17:38:54 UTC #2

Hello Ron,

Do you have any other Stack or Apache or MySQL installed on the System? You should be able to start/stop/restart the servers using the Windows Manager app unless there are other services in your system using the same ports that MySQL (3306) and Apache (8080) would use.

The default password for PhpMyAdmin is the one you set when installing the WAMP Stack (not Mediawiki). You can reset it by reseting the MySQL password. Everything is explained in the link below:
https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/components/mysql/#how-to-reset-the-mysql-root-password

You don't need to reinstall the Wamp Stack. I recommend you to kill the processes using the Task Manager and then start the servers using the Manager included in the Stack. Regarding how to backup your Mediawiki app, you can backup your database, please take a look at the link below:
https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/components/mysql/#how-to-create-a-database-backup

I hope this information is useful for you. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Best Regards,

Juan Ariza

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