MySQL cookbook

The MySQL cookbook exposes the mysql-windows::default and mysql-windows::uninstall recipes.

Scope

This cookbook is concerned with the "MySQL Community Server".

This cookbook does not try to encompass most of the configuration
option available for MySQL.

Requirements

• Chef 11 or higher
• Ruby 1.9 (preferably from the Chef full-stack installer)

Recipes

mysql-windows::default

This recipe installs a Mysql Server and configure the MySQL Instance as a service. Instance
configuration parameters as passed from node attributes.

mysql-windows::uninstall

This recipe removes the MySQL instance service and uninstall the MySQL server.
Assuming that mysql was installed using the same cookbook.

Usage

run_list

Include 'recipe[mysql-windows]' or 'recipe[mysql-windows::uinstall]' in your run_list.

Attributes

password

default['mysql']['server_root_password'] = 'ilikerandompasswords'

port

default['mysql']['port'] = '3306'

Source URL of Mysql Server

default['mysql']['windows']['url'] = 'URL'

default['mysql']['windows']['dir'] = "C:\Mysql"

MySQL Instance Configuration

default['mysql']['windows']['AddBinToPath'] = 'no' # accepted values {yes | no}

default['mysql']['windows']['ServerType'] = 'DEVELOPMENT' # accepted values {DEVELOPMENT | SERVER | DEDICATED}

default['mysql']['windows']['DatabaseType'] = 'MIXED' # accepted values {MIXED | INNODB | MYISAM}

default['mysql']['windows']['ConnectionUsage'] = 'DSS' # accepted values {DSS | OLTP}

default['mysql']['windows']['SkipNetworking'] = 'yes' # accepted values {yes | no}. Specifying yes disables network access altogether

default['mysql']['windows']['StrictMode'] = 'yes' # accepted values {yes | no}

License & Authors

• Author:: Deepak Sihag (sihag.deepak@gmail.com)