How to Manage Users for Vultr Managed Databases for MySQL

1 min readUpdated 23 October 2026

Create or delete accounts and reset passwords on Vultr Managed MySQL to control who can connect to the database.

Database users are accounts that connect and query managed databases, usually by specifying a username and a password. These accounts provide access control and prevent unauthorized access to your database. After creating a database user, you can define their privileges on the database level to fine-tune the database security.

Follow this guide to manage database users for Vultr Managed Databases for MySQL using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Navigate to Products and select Databases.
Click the target database instance.
Navigate to Users & Databases and click Add New User.
Enter the username, select password encryption, define a strong password, and click Create New User.
Click Delete User to remove the user from the database or click Reset Password to change the user's password.

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