; Copy to sync_mirror.ini, chmod 600, keep OUTSIDE any web root. [mssql] ; private IP of the Windows EC2 instance (add ,port if not 1433, e.g. 10.0.1.25,1433) server = 10.0.1.25 database = YourAspDatabase user = sync_reader password = CHANGE_ME driver = ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server encrypt = yes ; yes = skip certificate validation (OK on a private VPC network; install a real cert later) trust_server_certificate = yes ; used when decoding varchar columns; try cp1252 if you see garbled accented characters char_encoding = utf-8 ; set to true only after: ALTER DATABASE YourAspDatabase SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION ON snapshot = false [mariadb] host = localhost port = 3306 ; cPanel prefixes names with the account name, e.g. acct_legacy database = ce2reginacheckca_faithful-mirror user = ce2reginacheckca_nov2026 password = aTnCyThHsRuGERjvEm