mysql 5 7 and workbench on oracle linux 6 using yum

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 2

Check Previous MySQL Files .................................................................................................................... 2

Enabling Oracle Public YUM Repository .................................................................................................. 2

EPEL Repository Setup ............................................................................................................................. 2

MySQL YUM Setup .................................................................................................................................. 3

MySQL-Workbench Packages .................................................................................................................. 5

MySQL (5.7) Installation .......................................................................................................................... 7

MySQL-Workbench Installation .............................................................................................................. 8

Verify Everything From Repository Cache ............................................................................................... 9

MySQL (5.7)Password Setup ................................................................................................................... 9

MySQL-Workbench Configuration ........................................................................................................ 10

Oracle Linux 6 Installation Link .............................................................................................................. 13


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Introduction Step by step installation process to install MySQL 5.7 (fresh installation) on Oracle Linux (6.4)

Virtual Machine using YUM method

This should apply to most RHEL Clones, but you can test for yourself

The OS/VM connects to the internet

Bare minimum screenshots are used that means just the required part to keep going

Check Previous MySQL Files You can check whether there are previous files already residing

First the RPMs got to be deleted followed by the below command

There will be MySQL related files under the path " \selinux\...\ ". That do not harm

Enabling Oracle Public YUM Repository Starting with Oracle Linux 6 you already get a Oracle public YUM repository already

You just got to enable it. Below are the steps to do it if you have not done

I have Oracle Linux 6.4 so I enable for "public_ol6_u4_base" and also the latest one is

enabled

EPEL Repository Setup EPEL repository download for MySQL-Workbench (must needed)

At the bottom of this link you see the instructions to get EPEL repository RPM package

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/Workbench/en/wb-installing-linux.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-installing-linux.htmlhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-installing-linux.htmlhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-installing-linux.html


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The EPEL repository is downloaded and you can install it using the same instruction on the

link or using 'YUM'

Below you see both were downloaded

EPEL Repository Installation

MySQL YUM Setup

Download

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/

On the above link you see the below one which should be downloaded

MySQL Repository Installation

Verify using YUM the enabled MySQL repository

Enabling the MySQL( 5.7) YUM Repository

To play around I enabled tools and all the related to MySQL 5.7, no harm to do this
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/


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Verify using YUM what all are enabled now


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MySQL-Workbench Packages The below packages are needed to get MySQL-Workbench working

The steps below guide you to verify and also to install them

You can have a check first and install them. All these 'i.686, devel ' are to be installed


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Additionally you need the below package "gtk2-devel" too. Install it if you get the below

error when you start up MySQL-Workbench

If the above package is not installed, you get the below error

MySQL (5.7) Installation

Verify and install


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Verify the installation

MySQL-Workbench Installation

Verify and install


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Verify Everything From Repository Cache

The "-C " shows you quickly what were installed in the repository

MySQL (5.7)Password Setup With MySQL (5.7) you verify the temporary password first with the below command and you

should login with this temporary password first

The next step is to assign a new password


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Assign a new password to MySQL Root User (must be strong, an example is below)

MySQL-Workbench Configuration

Start the Workbench

The default connection is present already, but we got to change it, right click on this

connection

The default path for MySQL socket file is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

Change the connection method and enter the socket file path as shown below


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The first and foremost basic configurations for MySQL Server

Assuming the firewall is enabled, the default port 3306 is not enabled. So, this is a basic step

to make it enabled and save it

MySQL-Workbench does need it

Open the file "vi /etc/my.cnf" and add the following lines, in bind-address you should enter

the Server IP there (Static IP in my case if you have IP coming from DHCP then you ignore

this line and verify for yourself)


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Click on the MySQL-Workbench connection to open the main window

This is a new section "Performance Tab" available from MySQL 5.6 onwards


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Some other verifications

That's all ! you get a working MySQL-Workbench too to play around

Oracle Linux 6 Installation Link

https://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-6-installation
https://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-6-installationhttps://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-6-installationhttps://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-6-installation

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