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3 =============
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4 MySQL Backend
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7 This notes detail the MySQL backend for the Roundup issue tracker.
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10 Prerequisites
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13 To use MySQL as the backend for storing roundup data, you also need
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14 to install:
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16 1. MySQL RDBMS 8.0.11 or higher - https://www.mysql.com/. Your MySQL
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17 installation MUST support InnoDB tables.
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18 2. Python MySQL interface - https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/
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21 Preparing the Database
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22 ======================
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24 The Roundup user expects to be able to create and drop its database
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25 when using ``roundup_admin init``.
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27 In the examples below, replace ``roundupuser``, ``rounduppw`` and
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28 ``roundupdb`` with suitable values.
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30 This assumes you are running MySQL on the same host as you are
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31 running Roundup. If this is not the case, setting up remote
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32 credentials, SSL/TLS etc. is beyond the scope of this documentation.
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33 However examples are welcome on the wiki or mailing list.
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35 These references may be helpful:
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36 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/create-user.html and
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37 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/grant.html.
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39 Creating a Role/User
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40 --------------------
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42 The following command will create a ``roundupuser`` with the ability
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43 to create the database::
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45 mysql -u root -e 'CREATE USER "roundupuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY "rounduppw"; GRANT ALL on roundupuser.* TO "roundupuser"@"localhost";'
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47 Other Configuration
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50 If you are indexing large documents (e.g attached file contents)
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51 using MySQL, you may need to increase the max_allowed_packet size.
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52 If you don't you can see the error::
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54 'MySql Server has gone away (2006)'
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56 To do this edit /etc/my.conf and change::
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58 [mysqld]
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61 the 'max_allowed_packet' value from '1M' to '64M' or
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62 larger.
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64 Alternatively you can install an alternate indexer (whoosh, xapian
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65 etc.) and force the tracker to use it by setting the ``indexer``
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66 setting in the tracker's ``config.ini``.
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68 This fix was supplied by telsch. See issue
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70 you are interested in developing a patch to roundup to help work
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73 Running the MySQL tests
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76 Roundup tests expect an empty MySQL database. Two alternate ways to provide
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79 1. If you have root permissions on the MySQL server, you can create
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81 ``mysql`` on the command line to enter::
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83 CREATE DATABASE rounduptest;
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84 USE rounduptest;
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85 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON rounduptest.* TO rounduptest@localhost
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86 IDENTIFIED BY 'rounduptest';
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87 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
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90 see the config values in 'test/db_test_base.py'
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93 The MySQL database should not contain any tables. Tests will not
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94 drop the database with existing data.
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96 Note that ``rounduptest`` is a well known account. You should delete
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97 it and the ``rounduptest`` database and create a new user/database for
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98 production use.
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100 Showing MySQL who's boss
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103 If things ever get to the point where that test database is totally hosed,
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104 just::
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106 $ su -
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107 # /etc/init.d/mysql stop
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108 # rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/rounduptest
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109 # /etc/init.d/mysql start
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111 and all will be better (note that on some systems, ``mysql`` is spelt
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112 ``mysqld``).
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113

Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/