1. Install the MySQL database according to the instructions for the downloaded MySQL installation package.
2. Extract the MySQL database scripts create_db_and_role.sql and create_cmdb.sql, located at program_files/install/MySQL, from the server installation zip file, cm_server_<version>.zip.

1. Change the password for the lcmreq user, that will be created by the script below. The default password is REQreq01.
2. Change the user host settings in the script to define which host address the user will access the database from. The default value is '%' which indicates that the user may use the database from any host.

3. To enable interactive mode, login as superuser:

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   mysql --user=root --password

   
   

4. Run the script, that creates the CMDB database, the lcmreq user and the cmdb_rw_role role, from the current interactive mode:

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   source create_db_and_role.sql >create_cmdb.log

   
   

5. Check the log file.

6. Run the script for creating the CMDB tables:

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   source create_cmdb.sql >create_cmdb.log

   
   

7. Check the log file.

The MySQL JDBC driver uses a license that does not allow CM to distribute it. Therefore, CM instead includes and uses the MariaDB JDBC driver, which is fully compatible with MySQL database servers. See this link: http://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/about-mariadb-connector-j/.

1. When installing the CM server, include the JDBC component to create the MySQL database connection parameters, which are stored in the cm.conf configuration file.

Database.name = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/CMDB?permitMysqlScheme&
allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true

TLS is enabled by default in MySQL server and it is advised to use TLS for the JDBC connection to the database server.

1. Configure CM to connect to MySQL using certificate authentication for both server and client certificates. A complete guide on how to enable TLS on the MySQL Server can be found here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encrypted-connections.html.
2. After completing the guide, add additional JDBC parameters to the cm.conf file to enable secure connection between CM and the database.

   1. Modify the JDBC connection url to force the driver to use TLS. More details regarding TLS with the MariaDB JDBC driver can be found here: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/using-tls-ssl-with-mariadb-java-connector/. To force the JDBC driver to use TLS, set the JDBC property useSSL to true, see this example:

      Code Block
      Database.name = jdbc:<mysql|mariadb>://<host>:<port>/<database>?<other_properties>&useSSL=true

      
      

   2. Configure a trust store by specifying a path to a trust store file that contains both root and intermediate certificates. Add the following parameters:

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      Database.security.1 = trustStore = <path_to_jks_or_p12_keystore_file> Database.security.2 = trustStorePassword = <keystore_password> ;If a PEM certificate is used as truststore Database.security.1 = serverSslCert = <path_to_pem_file>

      
      

   3. If client authentication is enabled or required on the MySQL server, specify a path to a key store file. To specify a client TLS certificate and key, add the following parameters:

      Code Block
      Database.security.3 = keyStore = <path_to_jks_or_p12_keystore_file> Database.security.4 = keyStorePassword = <keystore_password>

      
      

      Note
      If client authentication is enabled, the database password can be removed (or commented out) from cm.conf. However, the username still needs to be present.