Set up MySQL database server¶
MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.
2 Start¶
Since MySQL is an essential part of our web apps, so we want it always running and started automatically after a reboot.
By default, MySQL server will be started and enabled to automatically start after reboot on Ubuntu. If you want to manually start/stop/enable/disable it, you can use following commands:
sudo service mysql restart
sudo service mysql start
sudo service mysql stop
sudo service mysql status
sudo systemctl is-enabled mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql
sudo systemctl disable mysql
3 Secure¶
3.1 Enable and configure root user¶
On Ubuntu by default the root user may be set up in a way that you
can’t log in with credentials. If you’re not able to login with
root:root, you will have to enable root user and set it’s password.
In order to fix this, enter the MySQL shell as sudo:
sudo mysql
Then inside the MySQL command line execute the following commands:
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Note: You can change root with another password that you want to
use.
At last, you need to restart the MySQL service:
sudo service mysql restart
After that, you will be able to login with:
mysql -u root -p
3.2 Run MySQL secure installation¶
Improve the security of the installation by executing the following on
the command line (note: Ubuntu will ask for root user’s password):
mysql_secure_installation
Follow the instructions to configure root as password for the
root user.
Additionally, follow the instructions to:
- skip setting up VALIDATE PASSWORD component
- remove anonymous users and test databases
- disallow the remote login for
root
That will be sufficient for local development needs.
4 Create admin user¶
To avoid MySQL upgrade borking the database access by resetting the
password authentication method, we will create a new user admin with
password admin which will be used to access the server.
First, log into the server by executing the following on the command line:
mysql -uroot -p
Enter the password root when asked. If you set up everything
correctly, you should arrive at the MySQL command-line client. Execute
on the mysql> command line:
CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'admin';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'admin'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Now you can exit the MySQL command-line client by typing exit.
5 Test¶
Test that you can use your newly created admin user to access the
command line by executing:
mysql -uadmin -p
Enter the password admin when asked. You should again arrive at the
MySQL command-line client:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 49
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mysql>
6 Install a GUI client¶
You will probably also want a graphical UI client to work with the database server. For Ubuntu, you can use DBeaver Community which is free and multi-platform tool with support for all popular databases and offers a lot of features.
Install your preferred GUI client and configure the connection to the
server with the admin user. If the connection works, you’ve finished
installing and configuring your MySQL server.