# How to access MySQL database credentials?

MySQL is a free and open-source RDBMS. Relational data segregates data into one or more tables to connect similar data. Furthermore, data can be originated, upgraded, and fetched using the SQL programming language to manage user access to the database. It works with an operating system to implement a relational database in a computer's storage system, handles users, allows network access, and makes it easier to evaluate database integrity and create backups.

### **Configuring Remote Connections for Hosts**

In this article, you will find steps to access database credentials in MySQL server image.

**1.** Complete SSH using your machine IP Address, then log in using the credentials provided to you for the MySQL server.

**2.** Your local machine contains the username and password for the MySQL database.

```
ls
nano bitnami_credentials
```

**3.** To access your MySQL database, switch to the root user.


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