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MySQL Administration

This document provides information on configuring, starting, stopping and managing MySQL databases. It discusses installing MySQL from packages or source code, setting the location of files, starting the MySQL service, and configuring it to start at boot. It also covers connecting to databases, creating and deleting databases and tables, granting user privileges, and backing up and restoring data. Finally, it lists several tools for administering and querying MySQL, including mysqladmin, MySQL Administrator, and MySQL Workbench.

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MySQL Administration

This document provides information on configuring, starting, stopping and managing MySQL databases. It discusses installing MySQL from packages or source code, setting the location of files, starting the MySQL service, and configuring it to start at boot. It also covers connecting to databases, creating and deleting databases and tables, granting user privileges, and backing up and restoring data. Finally, it lists several tools for administering and querying MySQL, including mysqladmin, MySQL Administrator, and MySQL Workbench.

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Mohd Yasin Abd Karim yasin@teras-solution.

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Configuring Monitoring, Starting & Stopping Managing Users and Connection Performing backups Others

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Mysqladmin or mysql GUI


MySQL Administrator MySQL Workbench phpMyAdmin

OS packages place files in many areas and varies


e.g. /usr/lib, /var/lib, /var/log, /etc

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Source rpm, yum, .tar.gz, exe Online/repo update


#yum update mysql-*

For Ms Windows Environment


C:\>cd \local\mysql\bin C:\local\mysql\bin>

Local folder normally Program Files folder

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Start MySQL process before create database To configure MySQL start at boot time
#chkconfig mysqld on

Or using GUI tools such as OS Services Management

After boot time using the services commands


#service mysqld start #service mysqld stop #Service mysqld restart

Remember to restart mysqld process every time after configuration changed

to know whether your MySQL server is alive


#pgrep mysqld

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Should get response process ID numbers Or


#mysqladmin u root p ping

The "mysqld is alive" message tells you that your MySQL server is running ok. If your MySQL server is not running, you will get a "connect ... failed" message.

my.cnf
Watch out for /etc/my.cnf, /etc/mysql/my.cnf

To get the server listening on all interfaces, use 0.0.0.0 as the bind address. i.e.: --bind-address=0.0.0.0

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Configured to listen TCP/IP Port (default 3306) Additional Instances


Different Ports Different IPs using default Port

Local connection using Socket

Login to MySQL server


#mysql h hostname u root -p

Create a database
msql> create database [databasename];

List all databases on the MySQL server


msql> show databases;

Swicth to a database
msql> use [db_name];

To see all the tables in the db


msql> show tables;

To delete a db
msql> drop database [databasename];

To see databases field formats


msql> describe [table name];

To delete a table
msql> drop table [table name];

Show all data in a table


msql> SELECT * FROM [table name];

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SHOW TABLES; SHOW WARNINGS; SHOW STATUS; FLUSH STATUS; SHOW VARIABLES; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE %size%; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE sort_buffer_size; SHOW GLOBAL STATUS;

to check version number of your MySQL server

C:\local\mysql\bin>mysqladmin -u root version

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According to the /etc/my.cnf Usually located in subdirectory /var/lib/mysql/ directory Example : test database
/var/lib/mysql/test

Root or superuser account is used to create and delete database New installation MySQL set password
#mysqladmin u root password new-password

to know what else you can do with "mysqladmin", you should run the "-?"
#mysqladmin ?

Creating new user


# mysql -u root -p mysql> use mysql; mysql> INSERT INTO user (Host,User,Password) VALUES('%','username',PASSWORD('password')); mysql> flush privileges;

Change a user password from unix shell


# mysqladmin -u username -h hostname.org -p password 'newpassword'

Change user password from MySQL prompt


# mysql -u root -p mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'user'@'hostname' = PASSWORD('passwordhere'); mysql> flush privileges;

Update root password


# mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpassword

Allow the user bob to connect to server from localhost using password passwd
# mysql -u root -p mysql> use mysql; mysql> grant usage on *.* to bob@localhost identified by 'passwd'; mysql> flush privileges;

Give user privileges for a db.


# mysql -u root -p mysql> use mysql; mysql> INSERT INTO db (Host,Db,User,Select_priv,Insert_priv,Update_priv,Delete_priv,Crea te_priv,Drop_priv) VALUES ('%','databasename','username','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','N'); mysql> flush privileges; or mysql> grant all privileges on databasename.* to username@localhost; mysql> flush privileges;

To update info already in table


mysql> UPDATE [table name] SET Select_priv = 'Y',Insert_priv = 'Y',Update_priv = 'Y' where [field name] = 'user';

Delete a rows from table


mysql> DELETE from [table name] where [field name] = 'whatever';

Update database permissions/privileges


mysql> flush privileges;

Dump all databases for backup


# mysqldump -u root -ppassword --opt >/tmp/alldatabases.sql

Dump one database for backup


# mysqldump -u username -ppassword --databases databasename >/tmp/databasename.sql

Dump a table from a database


# mysqldump -c -u username -ppassword databasename tablename > /tmp/databasename.tablename.sql

Restore database / table from backup


# mysql -u username -ppassword databasename < /tmp/databasename.sql

Example
mysql> create table [table name] (personid int(50) not null auto_increment primary key,firstname varchar(35),middlename varchar(50),lastnamevarchar(50) default yasin'); mysql> CREATE TABLE [table name] (firstname VARCHAR(20), middleinitial VARCHAR(3), lastname VARCHAR(35),suffix VARCHAR(3),officeid VARCHAR(10),userid VARCHAR(15),username VARCHAR(8),email VARCHAR(35),phone VARCHAR(25), groups VARCHAR(15),datestamp DATE,timestamp time,pgpemail VARCHAR(255));

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MySQL Administrator MySQL Query Browser MySQL Workbench

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