mysql_install_db - Initialize MariaDB Data Directory

mysql_install_db initializes the MariaDB data directory and creates the system tables that it contains, if they do not exist.

To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:

shell> mysql_install_db [options]

Because the MariaDB server, mysqld, needs to access the data directory when it runs later, you should either run mysql_install_db from the same account that will be used for running mysqld or run it as root and use the --user option to indicate the user name that mysqld will run as. It might be necessary to specify other options such as --basedir or --datadir if mysql_install_db does not use the correct locations for the installation directory or data directory. For example:

shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql \
 --basedir=/opt/mysql/mysql \
 --datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data

mysql-install-db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables options. If MariaDB was configured with the DISABLE_GRANT_OPTIONS compiler flag, --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables will be disabled (see , "MySQL Source-Configuration Options"). To handle this, set the MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP environment variable to the full path name of a server that has all options enabled. mysql_install_db will use that server.Note

If you have set a custom TMPDIR variable when performing the installation, and the specified directory is not accessible, the execution of mysql_install_db may fail. You should unset TMPDIR, or set TMPDIR to point to the system temporary directory (usually /tmp).

mysql_install_db supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the [mysql_install_db] and (if they are common to mysqld) [mysqld] groups of an option file. Other options are passed to mysqld. For information about option files, see , "Using Option Files". mysql_install_db also supports the options for processing option files described at , "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling".

• --basedir=path

  The path to the MariaDB installation directory.

• --force

  Cause mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that case, grant table entries that normally use host names will use IP addresses.

• --datadir=path, --ldata=path

  The path to the MariaDB data directory.

• --rpm

  For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the MariaDB installation process.

• --skip-name-resolve

  Use IP addresses rather than host names when creating grant table entries. This option can be useful if your DNS does not work.

• --srcdir=path

  For internal use. The directory under which mysql_install_db looks for support files such as the error message file and the file for populating the help tables.

• --user=user_name

  The login user name to use for running mysqld. Files and directories created by mysqld will be owned by this user. You must be root to use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your current login name and files and directories that it creates will be owned by you.

• --verbose

  Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

• --windows

  For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows distributions.

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