ClearDB is no longer included as part of my MSDN subscription. I could either pay extra or migrate to the new Azure database for MySQL server. I chose to migrate. The process wasn’t that hard. Basically, you go into the portal and create a new MySQL server.
Once I got the database server in place, I uploaded a copy of my old database with data using MySQL Workbench. I validated everything before moving forward. At this point, I was still pointing WordPress to the ClearDB MySQL host.
https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/
Next, I added a new user.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/howto-create-users
Next, I updated the wp_config.php file.
Here are the changes I needed to make. I used KUDU under the ‘Advanced Tools’ in the App Server to edit the file in place as opposed to downloading/uploading it through an FTP client.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', '<wordpress database name>');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', '<username>@<database server name>');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD','<username password>');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', ',<database server name>.mysql.database.azure.com');
The gotcha for me was the database name. I was thinking the config wanted the database server name when it was asking for the database container name. On ClearDB, I used the same name for both so I mislead myself by poorly naming things when I set everything up.
Oops.
Once I got that sorted, everything worked fine.
Enjoy.