Downloading and Installing the MySQL Connector

Download and install the MySQL Connector package.

1. Download the MySQL Connector package corresponding to the MySQL version installed from MOS to a temporary directory on the Session Monitor Server:
   If MySQL 8.0.34 Commercial is installed on the system, download the MySQL Connector 8.0.33 Package from MOS:

   • patch no 35614084 for MySQL Commercial
     • Patch number: 35614084
     • File name: p35614084_580_Linux-x86-64.zip
   • MySQL Connector 8.0.33
     • Patch number: 35301971
     • File name: p35301971_800_Linux-x86-64.zip
2. From the temporary directory, run the following commands to install MySQL Connector:

   yum install unzip
   
   unzip pXXXXXXXX_XXX_Linux-x86-64.zip
   pip3 install mysql_connector_python-8.X.X-1commercial-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl

   For example:

   unzip p35301971_800_Linux-x86-64.zip
   pip3 install mysql_connector_python-8.0.33-1commercial-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
   

   Note:

   If necessary, use proxy with pip3. For example:

   pip3 install --proxy [PROTOCOL://]HOST[:PORT] mysql_connector_python-8.0.33-1commercial-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl