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=== First steps ===
After installing mysql, an initial database must be created, and some parameters should be passed to mysqld.

== Create a /etc/my.cnf ==
%%(text;my.cnf)
[client]
port=3306

[mysqld]
port=3306
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
old_passwords=1
# enable after creating initial database
# log_slow_queries=/var/mysql/mysql-slow.log

# tunning
max_connections=50
key_buffer=64M
table_cache=100
wait_timeout=180
max_allowed_packet=4M
# Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
thread_concurrency = 2

# innodb
default-table-type=innodb
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
innodb_log_file_size=10M
innodb_log_buffer_size=5M
innodb_data_home_dir=/var/mysql/ibdata/
innodb_file_per_table
innodb_data_file_path=ibdata1:10M:autoextend #this is for undo and other system data

[mysqldump]
quick
quote-names
max_allowed_packet=16M
%%

== Creating mysql initial database ==
%%(bash)
cd /usr/local/mysql
scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
%%

==Starting mysql==
I have this in my /service/mysql/run. Alternatively, you can use the same options on mysqld_safe. Note, --default-files must be the first parameter supplied.
%%(bash)
exec /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=mysql --datadir=/var/mysql/data --log-warnings
%%

==Creating database and tables==
%%(sql)
create database mydb;
use mydb;
create table mytable(name varchar(20)) engine=InnoDB;
%%

==Migrating MyISAM table to InnoDB==
%%(sql)
alter table TABLE_NAME engine=InnoDB;
%%

=== User admin ===
To add user:
%%(sql)
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ~.~ TO myUser@localhost
IDENTIFIED BY 'pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ~.~ TO myUser@"%"
IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
%%

To remove user:
%%(sql)
delete from user where user='username';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
%%

===Installing from source===
This was used to compile mysql-5.1.29rc. --enable-innodb is not documented in configure --help but without it, mysql will be built without innodb! Ref: http://venublog.com/2008/04/21/mysql-5124-innodb-plugin-10-failures-server-crash/

In 5.1.30ga, --enable-innodb is no longer supported / required.

%%
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/mysql \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--enable-local-infile \
--with-charset=utf8 \
--with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock \
--with-mysqld-user=mysql \
--with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl \
--with-plugins=csv,heap,innobase,myisam,myisammrg,partition,ftexample,archive,federated
%%

Running into problems? Check http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/compilation-problems.html