how to install adminer in debian with nginx - better than phpmyadmin

https://www.vultr.com/docs/install-adminer-on-debian-ubuntu

From Debian/Ubuntu repositories

This is an older version, 3.3.3-1.

sudo apt-get install adminer

From the Adminer project homepage

Newer versions are offered here, such as 4.2.1.

sudo mkdir /usr/share/adminer
sudo wget "http://www.adminer.org/latest.php" -O /usr/share/adminer/latest.php
sudo ln -s /usr/share/adminer/latest.php /usr/share/adminer/adminer.php
echo "Alias /adminer.php /usr/share/adminer/adminer.php" | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/adminer.conf
sudo a2enconf adminer.conf

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Once the installation completes, restart Apache.

sudo service apache2 restart 

At this point, the setup is complete. You can access Adminer at either of the following addresses.

http://[SERVER_IP]/adminer  

http://[SERVER_IP]/adminer.php

Replace [SERVER_IP] with the IP address of your VPS.

and the entry in nginx 

server {

        listen 80;

        server_name example.ro;

        root /usr/share/adminer;

        # If you want to use a .htpass file, uncomment the three following lines.

        auth_basic "Admin-Area! Password needed!";

        auth_basic_user_file /usr/share/adminer/.htpass;

        access_log /var/log/nginx/adminer-access.log;

        error_log /var/log/nginx/adminer-error.log;

        

location / {

                index index.php;

                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

        }

       location ~ .php$ {

             include fastcgi.conf;

             #fastcgi_pass localhost:9000;

             fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;

             fastcgi_index index.php;

             fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/adminer$fastcgi_script_name;

        }

}

#AND TO ACCESS IT: HTT://EXAMPLE.RO/ADMINER