Setting up the MySQL database
JIRA needs to store its data in a database. For this, we will set up a MySQL database. JIRA 7 requires MySQL 5.1 up until 5.6 to run smoothly. You should refer to the preferred MySQL server configurations as described on the following page: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/connecting-jira-to-mysql-185729489.html.
It's also possible to use PostgreSQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server with JIRA, but here we will discuss how to set up the MySQL database:
- Log in to your MySQL Server with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
- Enter the password.
- Create a new database to be used by JIRA using the following command:
Create database jiradb character set utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
- Create a new user and give it permissions on ...
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