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<chapter id="lj.install.mysql_setup">
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<title>MySQL</title>
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<abstract><para>
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There are a few simple reasons why we chose MySQL when picking a database backend for LiveJournal:
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It's <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/information/benchmarks-old.html">fast</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Using_the_MySQL_software_for_free_under_GPL.html">free</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Stability.html">stable</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privilege_system.html">secure</ulink>, and well supported
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by a large community of users. In this chapter we'll deal with installing and setting up MySQL on
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your server, then we'll show you how to populate your installation with the required base data.
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</para></abstract>
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<section id="lj.install.mysql_setup.install">
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<title>Install MySQL</title>
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<para>
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LiveJournal requires a MySQL install of at least version 3.23.x,
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but highly recommends installing the latest stable release that is
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available, expecially if you're going to need clustering and
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replication abilities.
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</para>
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<para>
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MySQL offers binaries for many operating aystems, including Win32
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and several different <quote>flavors</quote> of Unix.
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Installations on any of these systems should be fairly easy, as
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most offer a simple installation program that guides you through
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setup.
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</para>
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<tip><title>Debian</title>
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<simpara>The MySQL server package for Debian is <filename>mysql-server</filename>.</simpara>
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</tip>
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</section>
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<section id="lj.install.mysql_setup.create_db">
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<title>Create the LiveJournal Database</title>
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<para>
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Login to MySQL as the root MySQL user and create the database that
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will hold the LiveJournal data:
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</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mysql -uroot -p</userinput>
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<prompt>mysql></prompt> <userinput>CREATE DATABASE livejournal;</userinput>
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<prompt>mysql></prompt> <userinput>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON livejournal.* TO </userinput>
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<prompt> ></prompt> <userinput>lj@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ljpass';</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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If you know what you're doing, you can set this up however you
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like. You tell LiveJournal how to connect to its database server(s)
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in your <filename>ljconfig.pl</filename>, as
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detailed in: <xref linkend="lj.install.ljconfig.dbinfo" />.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="lj.install.mysql_setup.pop_db">
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<title>Populate the Database</title>
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<para>
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In order to use your site, you're going to need to populate your MySQL
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database with the required information to get the service started.
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</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cd <envar><link linkend='lj.install.ljhome'>$LJHOME</link></envar></userinput>
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<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>bin/upgrading/update-db.pl --runsql --populate</userinput>
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<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>bin/upgrading/texttool.pl load</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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That'll bring your database schema up-to-date and populate it with any
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look-up data it needs.
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</para>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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