MySQL install (2.6)

Setting up Sakai to use MySQL is an excellent option both for local development and production purposes.

Note that you will not need to create Sakai database objects (tables, indices, etc) when setting up your database. Sakai generates its own database schema automatically during the Tomcat setup process via the autoDDL setting in sakai.properties.

Verify/Install MySQL

Confirm whether or not MySQL is installed on your system by checking the version from the command line:

mysql --version

mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51a, for apple-darwin8.11.1 (i686) using readline 5.0

If MySQL is not installed, download and install MySQL 5.0/5.1 package or binaries:

MySQL Community Server
MySQL 5.0	http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html
MySQL 5.1	http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html

Windows users can install MySQL as a service.

Assign a password for the root account:

mysql -uroot -pmysqlpassword

Create Sakai database and user ("sakaiuser") and assign a password ("sakaipassword"):

mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ******
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 51 to server version: 4.1.5-gamma-nt

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create database sakai default character set utf8;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'localhost' identified by 'sakaipassword';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec

mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'127.0.0.1' identified by 'sakaipassword';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> quit