Installation

Create the Database

Create the Southactyl database and database user.

Create the database

Open the database shell

For MariaDB:

Terminal
mariadb -u root -p

For MySQL:

Terminal
mysql -u root -p

Create the database and user

SQL
CREATE USER 'southactyl'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'change_me_securely';
CREATE DATABASE southactyl;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON southactyl.* TO 'southactyl'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Use a real password. change_me_securely is a placeholder, not a challenge to get hacked.

Test the database login

Terminal
mysql -u southactyl -p -h 127.0.0.1 southactyl

Exit after the login succeeds:

SQL
EXIT;

If login fails, fix the database credentials before continuing. Do not keep installing on top of a broken database setup.

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