How to Install phpMyAdmin with Nginx on Ubuntu 26.04

To install phpMyAdmin with Nginx on Ubuntu 26.04, add a PHP-FPM snippet for example.com, then open the UI.

Step 1 : Update.

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install phpMyAdmin. Debconf: leave the web server list empty (Tab, then OK); dbconfig = Yes; set an application password.

sudo apt install phpmyadmin

Step 3 : Create an Nginx snippet that serves /phpmyadmin through PHP-FPM.

sudo tee /etc/nginx/snippets/phpmyadmin.conf <<'EOF'
location /phpmyadmin {
    root /usr/share/;
    index index.php;
    location ~ ^/phpmyadmin/(.+\.php)$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.5-fpm.sock;
    }
}
EOF

Step 4 : Open /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com and add this line inside server { }:

include snippets/phpmyadmin.conf;

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com

Step 5 : Test and restart.

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6 : Open the login page in a browser.

http://example.com/phpmyadmin

Step 7 : Username (a MariaDB user, for example root) and Password, then Go.

Step 8 : Confirm the home page after login.

http://example.com/phpmyadmin/index.php

You have installed phpMyAdmin with Nginx on Ubuntu 26.04.