[PATCH 1/5] docs: update MySQL documentation bits
Florian Fainelli
f.fainelli at gmail.com
Wed Oct 2 03:39:16 EST 2013
The MySQL documentation bits where missing a few important details for
installation setup to succeed like:
- having proper python-mysqldb support
- overriding the DATABASE_ENGINE to "mysql" for django to succeed in the
"syncdb" operation
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
---
docs/INSTALL | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL
index cb71cdd..28f85d5 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL
+++ b/docs/INSTALL
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ in brackets):
* django >= 1.2
* A webserver (apache)
* mod_python or flup
- * A database server (postgresql)
+ * A database server (postgresql, mysql)
+ * relevant python modules for the database server (e.g: python-mysqldb)
1. Database setup
@@ -64,6 +65,17 @@ in brackets):
> CREATE USER 'www-data'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
> CREATE USER 'nobody'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
+ Once that is done, you need to tell Django about the new Database
+ settings, using local_settings.py (see below) to override the defaults
+ in settings.py:
+
+ DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
+ DATABASE_NAME = 'patchwork'
+ DATABASE_USER = 'root'
+ DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'my_secret_root_password'
+ DATABSE_HOST = 'localhost'
+ DATABASE_PORT = ''
+
2. Django setup
Set up some initial directories in the patchwork base directory:
--
1.8.1.2
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