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| author | Mark Fletcher <mark@gitlab.com> | 2017-09-28 11:33:37 +0700 |
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| committer | Mark Fletcher <mark@gitlab.com> | 2017-09-28 11:33:37 +0700 |
| commit | ce6fb619e570cbe1f8315c48181cda5f003b7e15 (patch) | |
| tree | dcb596188c7e7d9c9a7395b9a7c7c65c46de9c22 | |
| parent | 92173ac55cd921a65ce137e238ed8bc4474aaccb (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-ce6fb619e570cbe1f8315c48181cda5f003b7e15.tar.gz | |
Change recommended MySQL version to 5.6
| -rw-r--r-- | changelogs/unreleased/docs-38152-bump-recommended-mysql-version.yml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/database_mysql.md | 6 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/docs-38152-bump-recommended-mysql-version.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/docs-38152-bump-recommended-mysql-version.yml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..eea679d0814 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/unreleased/docs-38152-bump-recommended-mysql-version.yml @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +--- +title: Change recommended MySQL version to 5.6 +merge_request: +author: +type: other diff --git a/doc/install/database_mysql.md b/doc/install/database_mysql.md index 5c128f54a76..f9ba1508705 100644 --- a/doc/install/database_mysql.md +++ b/doc/install/database_mysql.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ # Database MySQL >**Note:** -We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case +- We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case [(in)sensitivity](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/case-sensitivity.html) and [problems](https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=65830) that [suggested](https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50909) [fixes](https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=65830) [have](https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=63164). +- We recommend using MySQL version 5.6 or later. Please see the following [issue][ce-38152]. ## Initial database setup @@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ and [problems](https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=65830) that # Install the database packages sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev -# Ensure you have MySQL version 5.5.14 or later +# Ensure you have MySQL version 5.6 or later mysql --version # Pick a MySQL root password (can be anything), type it and press enter @@ -293,3 +294,4 @@ Details can be found in the [PostgreSQL][postgres-text-type] and [postgres-text-type]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/datatype-character.html [mysql-text-types]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/string-type-overview.html +[ce-38152]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/38152 |