Example: Installing and Bootstrapping the MySQL Software on Local Storage

These steps illustrate how to install the MySQL software in the default directory /usr/local/MYSql. If only one node is mentioned, it needs to be the node where your resource group is online.

1. Add the mysql user.

   phys-schost-1# groupadd -g 1000 mysql
   phys-schost-1# useradd -g 1000 -d /global/mnt3/mysql -m -s /bin/ksh mysql

2. Install the MySQL binaries on both nodes.

   phys-schost-1# cd /usr/local
   phys-schost-1# tar xvf mysql-max-5.0.22-solaris10-architcture_64.tar.gz
   phys-schost-1# ln -s mysql-max-5.0.22-solaris10-x86_64 mysql

3. Change the ownership of the MySQL binaries on both nodes.

   phys-schost-1# chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql

4. Log in to the zone.

   phys-schost-1# zlogin clu1

5. Create the parent for the mysql home directory.

   zone# mkdir -p /global/mnt3

6. Add the mysql user.

   zone# groupadd -g 1000 mysql
   zone# useradd -g 1000 -d /global/mnt3/mysql -m -s /bin/ksh mysql

7. Create your database directories.

   zone# mkdir -p /global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs
   zone# mkdir /global/mnt3/mysql-data/innodb
   zone# mkdir /global/mnt3/mysql-data/BDB

8. Bootstrap MySQL.

   zone# cd /usr/local/mysql
   zone# ./scripts/* --datadir=/global/mnt3/mysql-data

9. Create your my.cnf config-file in /global/mnt3/mysql-data.

   zone# cat > /global/mnt3/mysql-data/my.cnf << EOF
   [mysqld]
   server-id=1
   #port=3306
   # 10.18.5.1 is the address of the logical host
   bind-address=10.18.5.1 # this is the address of the logical host
   socket=/tmp/ha-host-1.sock
   log=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/log1
   log-bin=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/bin-log
   binlog-ignore-db=sc3_test_database
   log-slow-queries=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/log-slow-queries
   #log-update=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/log-update
   
   # Innodb
   #skip-innodb
   innodb_data_home_dir = /global/mnt3/mysql-data/innodb
   innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
   innodb_log_group_home_dir = /global/mnt3/mysql-data/innodb
   innodb_log_arch_dir = /global/mnt3/mysql-data/innodb
   # You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
   # of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
   set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=50M
   set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=20M
   # Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
   set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=12M
   set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=4M
   innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
   set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50
   
   # BDB
   # uncomment the skip-bdb if you used a binary download.
   # binary downloads come very often without the bdb support.
   #skip-bdb
   bdb-home=/global/mnt3/mysql-data
   bdb-no-recover
   bdb-lock-detect=DEFAULT
   bdb-logdir=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/BDB
   bdb-tmpdir=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/BDB
   #bdb_max_lock=10000
   
   
   # Replication of Slave
   #server-id=2
   #master-host=administerix
   #master-user=repl
   #master-password=repl
   #master-info-file=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/master.info
   
   # MySQL 4.x
   #relay-log=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/slave-bin.log
   #relay-log-info-file=/global/mnt3/mysql-data/logs/slave-info

10. Change the ownership of the MySQL data directory.

    zone# chown -R mysql:mysql /global/mnt3/mysql-data

11. Change the permission of the my.cnf file.

    zone# chmod 644 /global/mnt3/mysql-data/my.cnf