What is your exact problem?
If you need to use a MySQL server you just need to put the server address and credentials in your settings.py file, then run manage.py syncdb, just like you do with the development server. Everything you did in the tutorial (you did it, right?) is still valid, thanks to the layer called ORM, which maps the DB to Python objects.
As for the management you can issue standard SQL commands through the mysql command line tool. I suggest you to use Fabric (
http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.8/) to automate the process.
Feel free to post a more detailed question.
Cheers,