As well as having a web based GUI VestaCP offers a command line based option. In this post you can learn how to add an external mysql database server to VestaCP so you can deploy new databases from the VestaCP GUI.
1. SSH into your VestaCP server
2 .Run the following command
v-add-database-host TYPE HOST DBUSER DBPASS [MAX_DB] [CHARSETS] [TPL]
TYPE = mysql
HOST = IP of your mysql server or a hostname
DBUSER = database user
DBPASS = database password
3. Check the GUI - Login to VestaCP
Click DB link in the menu at the top and scroll down to host
v-suspend-database-host TYPE HOST
TYPE = mysql
HOST = IP of your mysql server or a hostname
v-delete-database-host TYPE HOST
TYPE = mysql
HOST = IP of your mysql server or a hostname