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h1. Database Server Installation 

 h2. Install MySQL  

 The following is for the computer that hosts the databases. This involves installing MySQL server and creation/configuration of the leginondb and projectdb databases. 


 
 h3. Install MySQL-Server and MySQL-Client 

 *Note:* You may already have MySQL Server and Client installed. Check by typing mysql at the command line.  
 If you see a MySQL prompt (mysql>), you may skip this step. to step 2 
 
 h3. Install MySQL-Server and MySQL-Client 

 To install Mysql on Linux you have two options (the first option is better): 

 # Use your package installer (yum, zypper, YaST, apt-get). For example: 
 <pre>sudo yum install mysql mysql-server</pre> 
 # Download the latest MySQL-server package for Linux from http://www.mysql.com 

 h3. Example MySQL configuration files are usually located in /usr/share/mysql. 

 <pre> 
 ls /usr/share/mysql/my* 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-huge.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-innodb-heavy-4G.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-large.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-small.cnf 
 </pre> 
 If that does not work try the locate function 
 <pre> 
 locate my | egrep "\.cnf$" 
     /etc/my.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-huge.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-innodb-heavy-4G.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-large.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf 
     /usr/share/mysql/my-small.cnf 
 </pre> 

 h3. Configure my.cnf in /etc using my-huge.cnf as the template 

 # Copy my-huge.cnf to my.cnf 
 <pre>sudo cp -v /usr/share/mysql/my-huge.cnf /etc/my.cnf</pre> 
 # Edit /etc/my.cnf to add or change query cache variables like these (be sure to place them under the @[mysqld]@ section): 
 <pre> 
 query_cache_type= 1 
 query_cache_size = 100M 
 query_cache_limit= 100M 
 </pre> 
 # Search for the text default-storage-engine in /etc/my.cnf.    If it exists and is set to other than MyISAM, you should change it to: 
 <pre>default-storage-engine=MyISAM</pre> 

 h3. Start the MySQL Server 

 For CentOS/Fedora/RHEL system use the service command: 

 <pre> 
 sudo /sbin/service mysqld start 
 </pre> 

 For other Unix systems: 

 <pre> 
 sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld start 
 </pre> 

 or on some installations, 

 <pre> 
 sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start 
 </pre> 

 For future reference: start | stop | restart MySQL Server with similar commands: 

 <pre> 
 sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld start 
 sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld stop 
 sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld restart 
 sudo /sbin/service mysqld start 
 sudo /sbin/service mysqld stop 
 sudo /sbin/service mysqld restart 
 </pre> 

 If you want to start MySQL automatically at boot 

 <pre> 
 sudo /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on 
 </pre> 
 or for SuSe: 
 <pre> 
 sudo /sbin/chkconfig mysql on 
 </pre> 

 h3. 6. For future reference, the database location will be: 

 <pre> 
 ls /var/lib/mysql 
     ibdata1    ib_logfile0    ib_logfile1    mysql    mysql.sock    test 
 </pre> 

 h3. 7. Create the Leginon database, call it leginondb 

 <pre> 
 sudo mysqladmin create leginondb 
 </pre> 

 h3. 8. Create the Project database, call it projectdb 

 <pre> 
 sudo mysqladmin create projectdb 
 </pre> 

 h3. 9. Connect to mysql db 

 If starting from scratch the mysql root user will have no password. This is assumed to be the case and we will set it later. 

 <pre> 
 mysql -u root mysql 
 </pre> 

 <pre> 
 mysql> select user, password, host from user; 
       +------+----------+-----------+ 
       | user | password | host        | 
       +------+----------+-----------+ 
       | root |            | localhost | 
       | root |            | host1       | 
       |        |            | host1       | 
       |        |            | localhost | 
       +------+----------+-----------+ 
       4 rows in set (0.00 sec) 
 </pre> 

 h3. 10. Create user 

 Create and grant privileges to a user called usr_object for the databases on both the localhost and other hosts involved. For example, use wild card '%' for all hosts. You can set specific (@ALTER, CREATE, DROP, DELETE, INSERT, RENAME, SELECT, UPDATE@) privileges or @ALL@ privileges to the user. See MySQL Reference Manual for details. 

 At the mysql prompt execute the following commands: 
 <pre> 
 CREATE USER usr_object@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR PASSWORD'; 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON leginondb.* TO usr_object@'localhost'; 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON projectdb.* TO usr_object@'localhost'; 
 </pre> 

 less secure version (no password and all privileges), we recommend not allowing the DROP and DELETE privileges. 

 At the mysql prompt execute the following commands: 
 <pre> 
 CREATE USER usr_object@'localhost'; 
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leginondb.* TO usr_object@'localhost'; 
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON projectdb.* TO usr_object@'localhost'; 
 </pre> 

 Similarly, you can assign a domain 

 <pre> 
 CREATE USER usr_object@'%.mydomain.edu' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR PASSWORD'; 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON leginondb.* to usr_object@'%.mydomain.edu'; 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON projectdb.* to usr_object@'%.mydomain.edu'; 
 </pre> 

 Next, give create and access privileges for the processing databases which begin with "ap". 

 <pre> 
 # if your web host is local 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON `ap%`.* to usr_object@localhost;  
 # for all other hosts if you are accessing the databases from another computer 
 GRANT ALTER, CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE ON `ap%`.* to usr_object@'%.mydomain.edu';        
 </pre> 

 h3. 11. Change Root password 

 To set the root password use the command:  

 <pre> 
 sudo mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD 
 </pre> 

 Or you can do it from within mysql 
 <pre> 
 update user set password=password('your_own_root_password') where user="root"; 
 Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec) 
 Rows matched: 2    Changed: 2    Warnings: 0 

 flush privileges; 
 ^D or exit; 
 </pre> 


 From now on, you will need to specify the password to connect to the database as root user like this: 

 <pre> 
 mysql -u root -p mysql 
 </pre> 

 h3. 12. Check MySQL variables 

 <pre> 
 mysql -u usr_object -p leginondb 

 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'query%'; 
       +------------------------------+-----------+ 
       | Variable_name                  | Value       | 
       +------------------------------+-----------+ 
       | ft_query_expansion_limit       | 20          | 
       | have_query_cache               | YES         | 
       | long_query_time                | 10          | 
       | query_alloc_block_size         | 8192        | 
       | query_cache_limit              | 104857600 | <<---This should correspond to your change 
       | query_cache_min_res_unit       | 4096        | 
       | query_cache_size               | 104857600 | <<---This should correspond to your change 
       | query_cache_type               | ON          | <<---This should correspond to your change 
       | query_cache_wlock_invalidate | OFF         | 
       | query_prealloc_size            | 8192        | 
       +------------------------------+-----------+ 
       10 rows in set (0.00 sec) 

 exit; 
 </pre> 

 h3. Make sure MySQL is running 

 <pre> 
 mysqlshow 
       +--------------+ 
       | Databases      | 
       +--------------+ 
       | mysql          | 
       | leginondb      | 
       | projectdb      | 
       +--------------+ 
 </pre> 

 h3. Run the following command from the command line: 

 <pre> 
 php -r "mysql_connect('localhost', 'usr_object', 'PASSWORD', 'leginondb'); echo mysql_stat();"; echo "" 
 </pre> 

 Expected output: 

 <pre> 
 Uptime: 1452562 Threads: 1 Questions: 618 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 117 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 106 Queries per second avg: 0.000 
 </pre> 

 If there are any error messages, mysql may be configured incorrectly. 

 h2. Configure phpMyAdmin  

 Edit the phpMyAdmin config file @/etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php@ and change the following lines: 

 <pre> 
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']       = FALSE; 
 </pre> 

 Edit the phpMyAdmin apache config file @/etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf@ and change the following lines: 

 <pre> 
 <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/> 
    order deny,allow 
    deny from all 
    allow from 127.0.0.1 
    allow from YOUR_IP_ADDRESS 
 </Directory> 
 </pre> 

 *Note:* If you want to access phpMyAdmin from another computer, you can also add it to this config file with an @allow from@ tag 

 Next restart the web server to take on the new setting 
 <pre> 
 sudo /sbin/service httpd restart 
 </pre> 

 To test the phpMyAdmin configuration, point your browser to http://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/phpMyAdmin or http://localhost/phpMyAdmin and login with the usr_object user. 

 !phpMyAdmin.png! 

 A common problem is that the firewall may be blocking access to the web server and mysql server. On CentOS/Fedora you can configure this with the system config: 

 <pre> 
 system-config-securitylevel 
 </pre> 

 Firewall configuration is specific to different Unix distributions, so consult a guide on how to do this on non-RedHat machines.