MySQL is the world’s second most widely used open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). You will need to install MySQL databases for many of the scripts that you use to power your website.
While many of our modules — such as WordPress — create the MySQL database for you, there will be times when you need to manually create one.
In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to create a MySQL database.
1) Login to your InterWeb SA Client Area
3) Once in cPanel, scroll down to the Databases Tab and click MySQL® Databases
4) In MySQL® Databases under Create New Database, give your database a name.
InterWeb SA tip: The prefix will be your Username.
For this example, we’ll call our database interweb1.
After entering the name, click Create Database (pictured below)
![](https://interwebsa.com/billing/index.php?rp=/images/kb/22_createdatabase.png)
5) After you create the database, click the Go Back link on the next page.
6) Your MySQL Database has been created and is ready to add users.