How to Create and Connect a MySQL Database

Plugins with economy systems, stats tracking, or cross-server data (and most web apps) need a real database, not flat files. Here's how to create and connect to one on your RepublicNodes plan.

Creating a Database

1. Go to your service's Databases tab.
2. Click New Database and give it a name (it'll usually get prefixed automatically to keep it unique on the shared MySQL server).
3. The panel generates the database, a dedicated username, and a random password automatically — you don't set these manually.
4. Click the database in the list to reveal its full connection details: host, port, database name, username, and password.

How Many You Get

Your plan includes a set number of database slots — check your product page (it ranges from 1 on entry Budget tiers up to 3 on most Performance tiers). Each is a fully separate database with its own credentials, not just a schema inside one shared database.

Connecting to It

• From a plugin/mod: most plugins that support MySQL ask for host, port, database, username, and password in their own config file — copy the exact values from the Databases tab, don't retype them by hand (easy to introduce a typo in a generated password).
• From an external tool (DBeaver, HeidiSQL, phpMyAdmin-style clients, etc.): use the same host/port/credentials. Depending on your plan, the database host may only be reachable from your own server's IP for security — check the connection details panel for whether external access is enabled, and use the built-in phpMyAdmin/Adminer link if one is shown for browser-based access without extra setup.
• Resetting the password: if credentials ever leak or you just want a fresh password, there's a rotate/reset option next to the database — update it in your plugin config immediately after, since the old password stops working the moment you do this.

Common Gotchas

• Database names and usernames are usually auto-generated with a prefix you can't fully customize — if a plugin's default config assumes a specific database name, you'll need to edit that config to match what the panel actually created.
• Deleting a database from this tab is immediate and permanent — there's no separate confirmation beyond the initial prompt, and no built-in undo.
• If a plugin can't connect, double-check you copied the host correctly — it's very often not localhost on a panel-managed database, even though that's the default most plugin configs ship with.

Real MySQL, not a toy — this is the same database engine you'd get self-hosting your own server, just provisioned and credentialed for you automatically.