Quickstart

The following instruction will show you how to quickly set up a Rocketadmin connection to an external data source.

Before you begin we would ask you to:

1. Create one of the following types of externally hosted cloud databases with at least one table: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL or MongoDB, using a provider of your choice.
2. Sign up for Rocketadmin.

Quick connect to Rocketadmin

1. Sign in to your Rocketadmin account.

2. In the Dashboard click on Add database:

   

3. In the Connect a database screen:

   • Enter a name for the connection

   • Select your database type

   

4. In the Direct connection panel provide the following information:

   • Hostname

   • Port

   • Username

   • Password

   • Database name

   

5. You can configure additional security options in the Advanced settings:

   

6. Once you've entered all of the information you can click on Test Connection. If the connection succeeds, a confirmation message appears:

   

7. Click on Add.

8. In the next screen copy and execute the given queries to grant Rocketadmin servers access to your database:

   

9. Click on I gave access to confirm.

Your database tables appear in the Dashboard:

In case of any questions, feel free to contact us at support@rocketadmin.com.