Installing MySQL Installer adds a link to the Start menu under the group. Click , , , to reload the MySQL Installer GUI.
Full permissions are granted to the user executing MySQL Installer to all
generated files, such as my.ini. This does
not apply to files and directories for specific products, such
as the MySQL server data directory in
%ProgramData% that is owned by
SYSTEM.
MySQL Installer requires you to accept the license agreement before it will install MySQL products.
Installing New Packages
Choose the appropriate Setup Type for your system. This type determines which MySQL products are initially installed on your system, or select Custom to manually choose the products.
Developer: Install all products needed to develop applications with MySQL. This is the default option.
Server only: Only install the MySQL server.
Client only: Only install the MySQL client products, such as MySQL Workbench. This does not include the MySQL server.
Full: Install all available MySQL products.
Custom: Manually select the MySQL products to install, and optionally configure custom MySQL data and installation paths.
NoteAfter the initial installation, you may use MySQL Installer to manually select MySQL products to install or remove. In other words, MySQL Installer becomes a MySQL product management system.
MySQL Installer checks your system for the external requirements (prerequisites) required to install the selected MySQL products. MySQL Installer can download and install some prerequisites, but others require manual intervention. Download and install all prerequisites that have Status set to "Manual". Click to recheck if a manual prerequisite was installed. After manually installing those requirements, click to download and install the other prerequisites. Once finished, click to continue.
The next window lists the MySQL products that are scheduled for installation:
As components are installed, their Status changes from a progress percentage to "Complete".
After all components are installed, the next step configures some
of the recently installed MySQL products. The
Configuration Overview window displays the
progress and then loads a configuration window, if required. Our
example configures MySQL Server 5.6.x.
Configuring MySQL Server
Configuring the MySQL server begins with defining several Type and Networking options.
Server Configuration Type
Choose the MySQL server configuration type that describes your setup. This setting defines the amount of system resources (memory) that will be assigned to your MySQL server instance.
Developer: A machine that will host many other applications, and typically this is your personal workstation. This option configures MySQL to use the least amount of memory.
Server: Several other applications will be running on this machine, such as a web server. This option configures MySQL to use a medium amount of memory.
Dedicated: A machine that is dedicated to running the MySQL server. Because no other major applications will run on this server, such as a web server, this option configures MySQL to use the majority of available memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity options control how the connection to MySQL is made. Options include:
TCP/IP: You may enable TCP/IP Networking here as otherwise only localhost connections are allowed. Also define the Port Number and whether to open the firewall port for network access.
Named Pipe: Enable and define the pipe name, similar to using the
--enable-named-pipeoption.Shared Memory: Enable and then define the memory name, similar to using the
--shared-memoryoption.
Advanced Configuration
Check Show Advanced Options to set additional Logging Options. This includes defining custom file paths for the error log, general log, slow query log (including the configuration of seconds it requires to execute a query), and the binary log.
Accounts and Roles
Next, define your MySQL account information. Assigning a root password is required.
Optionally, you can add additional MySQL user accounts with predefined user roles. Each predefined role, such as "DB Admin", are configured with their own set of privileges. For example, the "DB Admin" role has more privileges than the "DB Designer" role. Click the Role dropdown for a list of role descriptions.
If the MySQL Server is already installed, then you must also
enter the Current Root Password.
Windows Service
Next, configure the Windows Service details. This includes the service name, whether the MySQL server should be loaded at startup, and how the MySQL server Windows service is executed.
When configuring Run Windows Services as ... using a Custom User, the custom user must have privileges to log on to Microsoft Windows as a service. The button will be disabled until this user is configured with the required privileges.
On Microsoft Windows 7, this is configured by loading the
Start Menu, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Local Security
Policy, Local Policies,
User Rights Assignment, then Log On
As A Service. Choose Add User or
Group here to add the custom user, and then
, to save.
Advanced Options
The next configuration step is available if the Advanced Configuration option was checked. This section includes options that are related to the MySQL log files:
Click to continue on to the final page before all of the requested changes are applied. This Apply Server Configuration page details the configuration steps that will be performed.
Click to execute the configuration steps. The icon for each step toggles from white to green on success, or the process stops on failure. Click the tab to view the log.
After the MySQL Installer configuration process is finished, MySQL Installer reloads the opening page where you can execute other installation and configuration related actions.
MySQL Installer is added to the Microsoft Windows Start menu under the
MySQL group. Opening MySQL Installer loads its dashboard
where installed MySQL products are listed, and other MySQL Installer actions
are available:
Adding MySQL Products
Click to add new products. This loads the Select Products and Features page:
From here, choose the MySQL products you want to install from the left Available Products pane, and then click the green right arrow to queue products for installation.
Optionally, click to open the product and features search filter:
For example, you might choose to include Pre-Release products in your selections, such as a Beta product that has not yet reached General Availability (GA) status.
Select all of the MySQL products you want to install, then click to continue using the defaults, or highlight a selected product and click Advanced Options to optionally alter options such as the MySQL server data and installation paths. Click to execute the installation process to install all of the selected products.
MySQL Installer stores a MySQL product catalog. The catalog can be updated either manually or automatically, and the catalog change history is also available. The automatic update is enabled by default.
The product catalog update also checks for a newer version of MySQL Installer, and prompts for an update if one is present.
Manual updates
You can update the MySQL product catalog at any time by clicking Catalog on the Installer dashboard.
From there, click to update the product catalog.
Automatic updates
MySQL Installer can automatically update the MySQL product catalog. By default, this feature is enabled to execute each day at 12:00 AM. To configure this feature, click the wrench icon on the Installer dashboard.
The next window configures the Automatic Catalog Update. Enable or disable this feature, and also set the hour.
This option uses the Windows Task Scheduler to schedule a task named "ManifestUpdate".
Change History
MySQL Installer tracks the change history for all of the MySQL products. Click Catalog from the dashboard, optionally update the catalog (or, toggle the Do not update at this time checkbox), click /, and then view the change history.
MySQL Installer can also remove MySQL products from your system. To remove a MySQL product, click Remove from the Installer dashboard. This opens a window with a list of installed MySQL products. Select the MySQL products you want to remove (uninstall), and then click to begin the removal process.
To select all MySQL products, click the [ ] checkbox to the left of the Product label.
Use MySQL Installer to modify, configure, or upgrade your MySQL product installations.
Upgradable MySQL products are listed on the main dashboard
with an arrow icon (
) next to their version number.
The "upgrade" functionality requires a current product catalog. This catalog is updated either manually or automatically (daily) by enabling the Automatic Catalog Update feature. For additional information, see Section 2.1, “MySQL Product Catalog”.
Click Upgrade to upgrade the available products. Our example indicates that MySQL Workbench 6.2.4 can be upgraded version 6.3.1 or 6.2.5, and MySQL server from 5.5.41 to 5.5.42.
If multiple upgrade versions are available (such as our MySQL Workbench example above), select the desired version for the upgrade in the Available Upgrades area.
Optionally, click the Changes link to view the version's release notes.
After selecting (checking) the products and versions to upgrade, click to begin the upgrade process.
A MySQL server upgrade will also check and upgrade the server's database. Although optional, this step is recommended.
Upon completion, your upgraded products will be upgraded and available to use. A MySQL server upgrade also restarts the MySQL server.
Some MySQL products, such as the MySQL server, include a Reconfigure option. It opens the same configuration options that were set when the MySQL product was installed, and is pre-populated with the current values.
To execute, click the Reconfigure link
under the Quick Action column on the main
dashboard for the MySQL product that you want to reconfigure.
In the case of the MySQL server, this opens a configuration wizard that relates to the selected product. For example, for MySQL Server this includes setting the type, ports, log paths, and so on.
Many MySQL products contain feature components that can be
added or removed. For example, Debug
binaries and Client Programs are
subcomponents of the MySQL server.
The modify the features of a product, click Modify on the main dashboard.
Click to execute the modification request.