{"id":2106,"date":"2017-08-08T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:43:36","slug":"how-to-change-acc-database-access","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-change-acc-database-access\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change ACC Database Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database access dictates who can access the database server. There are two access options:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><b>Local Only<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will only accept connections from a server at Pair Networks. This should not affect the performance of any Pair Network web pages that rely on the database. Note that this does not necessarily refer to your local machine, only Pair Networks server connections.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Local\/Remote<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will accept connections from anywhere, as long as the connection supplies the proper login credentials.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Change Your ACC Database Access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log into the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click<strong> Databases<\/strong> in the left sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Manage Your Databases<\/strong> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Database Name<\/strong>, click on the name of your desired database<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Access<\/strong>, select your desired access option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Change Access<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log into the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Databases<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your database and click its <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcVKPjAg6aOKvV5_xA5EQgw-MAUBUOeGJzALKeW0cIN3Hwq-xj0lLx4U_r6baWoDjZeK7AhrlOdNYEmW4tQ7OjnHGGeMZgmcdEC77xBNcZUBG5dQ6F093UDAlrJub0vepenZ7JqVQ?key=t3oSXda-Gl6KlGTZx29yz8ES\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\"> Change Access icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your desired access option from the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Change Access<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If successful, a green banner will appear with the text, \u201cRemote Access Setting Changed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Database access dictates who can access the database server. There are two access options: How to Change Your ACC Database Access Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp; Not sure what the difference is? See Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp; If you are using the Legacy Interface:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[23],"ht-kb-tag":[178,176,177],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Change ACC Database Access - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Database access dictates who can access the database server. 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