source: server/databases/mysql.xml@ 23325b0

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<sect1 id="mysql" xreflabel="MySQL-&mysql-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="mysql.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>MySQL-&mysql-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="mysql">
    <primary sortas="a-MySQL">MySQL</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to MySQL</title>

    <para><application>MySQL</application> is a widely used and fast SQL
    database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a
    server daemon and many different client programs and libraries.</para>

    <para>There may be a more recent release available from the
    <application>MySQL</application> home page. You can check
    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/"/> and probably use the
    existing BLFS instructions. Note that versions other than the one shown
    in the download URLs have not been tested in a BLFS environment.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &mysql-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &mysql-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &mysql-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &mysql-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
         url="&patch-root;/mysql-&mysql-version;-limit_test-1.patch"/></para>
       </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>


    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MySQL Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> and
    <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>

    <!-- Removing libedit because it causes more problems than it solves.

    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/">libedit</ulink>
    (as an alternative to readline)-->

    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mysql"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of MySQL</title>

    <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user
    and group is strongly encouraged:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 40 mysql &amp;&amp;
useradd -c "MySQL Server" -d /dev/null -g mysql -s /bin/false \
        -u 40 mysql</userinput></screen>

    <note><para>There are a great many options available to
    <userinput>./configure</userinput>.  Check the output of the
    <option>--help</option> option for additional customization
    options.</para></note>

    <para>Build and install <application>MySQL</application> by
    running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mysql-&mysql-version;-limit_test-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
            --localstatedir=/srv/mysql \
            --enable-thread-safe-client \
            --enable-assembler \
            --enable-local-infile \
            --with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock \
            --without-debug \
            --without-readline \
            --with-plugins=innobase,myisam \
            --with-extra-charsets=all \
            --with-ssl &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>. Note that
    if you have a restrictive <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file, you
    will need to add an appropriate entry to the
    <filename>/etc/hosts.allow</filename> file for the
    <command>mysqld</command> daemon. Otherwise many of the tests will fail.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make benchdir_root=/tmp/mysql-bench install &amp;&amp;
rm -rf /tmp/mysql &amp;&amp;
cd /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</userinput></screen>

    <tip>
      <para>The only documentation shipped in the source tarball are
      <filename>mysql.info</filename> and <filename>manual.chm</filename>
      (Microsoft Help format) files. You can download various formats of the
      <application>MySQL</application> Reference Manual from <ulink
      url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.</para>
    </tip>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This switch installs
    the <command>mysqld</command> daemon and the
    <command>mysqlmanager</command> program in an appropriate location.</para>

    <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/srv/mysql</parameter>: This switch
    forces <application>MySQL</application> to use
    <filename class='directory'>/srv/mysql</filename> for database files and
    other variable data.</para>

    <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safe-client</parameter>: This
    switch compiles a thread-safe <application>MySQL</application> client
    library.</para>

    <para><parameter>--enable-assembler</parameter>: This switch allows using
    assembler versions of some string functions.</para>

    <para><parameter>--enable-local-infile</parameter>: This switch enables
    the <quote>LOAD DATA INFILE</quote> SQL statement.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql</parameter>:
    This switch puts the unix-domain socket into the
    <filename class="directory">/var/run/mysql</filename> directory instead of
    the default <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--without-readline</parameter>: This switch forces the
    build to use the system copy of <application>readline</application> instead
    of the bundled copy.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-extra-charsets=all</parameter>: This switch enables
    international character sets within the suite.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-plugins=innobase,myisam</parameter>: This switch enables
    two useful table types.  Check <command>./configure --help</command> for
    other table types.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This switch enables encrypted
    communication between client and server.</para>

    <para><command>make  benchdir_root=...</command>: This installs the benchmark
    and test suites in a non-system location.</para>

    <para><command>ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</command>: This
    command makes the <application>MySQL</application> shared libraries
    available to other packages at run-time.</para>

    <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: This switch adds OpenSSL support
    to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>

    <para><option>--with-libwrap</option>: This switch adds tcpwrappers
    support to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring MySQL</title>

    <sect3 id="mysql-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> and
      <filename>~/.my.cnf</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.my.cnf">~/.my.cnf</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-my.cnf">/etc/my.cnf</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>There are several default configuration files available in
      <filename class="directory">/usr/share/mysql</filename> which you can
      use. Create <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> using the following command
      as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
sed -i -e s/^skip-federated/#skip-federated/ /etc/my.cnf</userinput></screen>

      <para>The change to <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> can be omitted if the
      option <option>--with-plugins=federated</option> is used.</para>

      <para>You can now install a database and change the ownership to the
      unprivileged user and group (perform as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>mysql_install_db --user=mysql &amp;&amp;
chgrp -v mysql /srv/mysql{,/test,/mysql}</userinput></screen>

      <para>Further configuration requires that the
      <application>MySQL</application> server is running. Start
      the server using the following commands as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -o mysql -g mysql -d /var/run/mysql &amp;&amp;
mysqld_safe --user=mysql 2&gt;&amp;1 &gt;/dev/null &amp;</userinput></screen>

      <para>A default installation does not set up a password for the
      administrator, so use the following command as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user to set one. Replace
      <replaceable>&lt;new-password&gt;</replaceable> with your own.</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -u root password <replaceable>&lt;new-password&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>

      <para>Configuration of the server is now finished. Shut the server
      down using the following command as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -p shutdown</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

    <sect3  id="mysql-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql</filename> init script
      included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package as
      the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to start the
      <application>MySQL</application> server during system boot-up.</para>

      <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-init">
        <primary sortas="f-mysql">mysql</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-mysql</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>comp_err, innochecksum, msql2mysql, my_print_defaults,
        myisam_ftdump, myisamchk, myisamlog, myisampack, mysql,
        mysql_client_test, mysql_config, mysql_convert_table_format,
        mysql_create_system_tables, mysql_explain_log, mysql_find_rows,
        mysql_fix_extensions, mysql_fix_privilege_tables, mysql_install_db,
        mysql_secure_installation, mysql_setpermission, mysql_tableinfo,
        mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, mysql_waitpid, mysql_zap, mysqlaccess, mysqladmin,
        mysqlbinlog, mysqlbug, mysqlcheck, mysqld, mysqld_multi, mysqld_safe,
        mysqldump, mysqldumpslow, mysqlhotcopy, mysqlimport, mysqlmanager,
        mysqlshow, mysqltest, mysqltestmanager, mysqltestmanager-pwgen,
        mysqltestmanagerc, perror, replace, resolve_stack_dump, and
        resolveip</seg>
        <seg>libdbug.a, libheap.a, libmyisam.a, libmyisammrg.a,
        libmysqlclient.{so,a}, libmysqlclient_r.{so,a}, libmystrings.a,
        libmysys.a, and libvio.a</seg>
        <seg>/srv/mysql, /usr/include/mysql, /usr/lib/mysql, /usr/share/mysql, and
        /var/run/mysql</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>

    <para>Descriptions of all the programs and libraries would be several
    pages long. Instead, consult the <filename>mysql.info</filename>
    documentation or the on-line reference manual at <ulink
    url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html"/>.</para>

    <para>The <application>Perl</application> DBI modules must be installed
    for some of the <application>MySQL</application> support programs to
    function properly.</para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>