==== MySQL (MariaDB) ==== The 825gen2 includes MariaDB, but service is not enabled to start automatically {{{ root@imx8mq-var-dart:~# mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) }}} Type: {{{ systemctl enable mysqld.service }}} Now mysqld starts up upon boot {{{ root@imx8mq-var-dart:~# mysql Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 4 Server version: 10.7.4-MariaDB Source distribution Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [(none)]> MariaDB [(none)]> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mysql | | performance_schema | | test | +--------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.002 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> use information_schema; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed MariaDB [information_schema]> show tables; +---------------------------------------+ | Tables_in_information_schema | +---------------------------------------+ | ALL_PLUGINS | | APPLICABLE_ROLES | | CHARACTER_SETS | | CHECK_CONSTRAINTS | | COLLATIONS | | COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY | | COLUMNS | | COLUMN_PRIVILEGES | | ENABLED_ROLES | | ENGINES | | EVENTS | | FILES | | GLOBAL_STATUS | | GLOBAL_VARIABLES | | KEY_CACHES | | KEY_COLUMN_USAGE | | OPTIMIZER_TRACE | | PARAMETERS | | PARTITIONS | | PLUGINS | | PROCESSLIST | | PROFILING | | REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS | | ROUTINES | | SCHEMATA | | SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES | | SESSION_STATUS | | SESSION_VARIABLES | | STATISTICS | | SYSTEM_VARIABLES | | TABLES | | TABLESPACES | | TABLE_CONSTRAINTS | | TABLE_PRIVILEGES | | TRIGGERS | | USER_PRIVILEGES | | VIEWS | | GEOMETRY_COLUMNS | | SPATIAL_REF_SYS | | CLIENT_STATISTICS | | INDEX_STATISTICS | | user_variables | | TABLE_STATISTICS | | USER_STATISTICS | +---------------------------------------+ 44 rows in set (0.002 sec) MariaDB [information_schema]> MariaDB [information_schema]> use test; Database changed MariaDB [test]> show tables; Empty set (0.001 sec) MariaDB [test]> create table test_tbl( -> tbl_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> title VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, -> description VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL, -> PRIMARY KEY(tbl_id) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.011 sec) MariaDB [test]> show tables; +----------------+ | Tables_in_test | +----------------+ | test_tbl | +----------------+ 1 row in set (0.002 sec) MariaDB [test]> select * from test_tbl; Empty set (0.007 sec) MariaDB [test]> insert into test_tbl (title,description) values ('title1', 'desc1'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.002 sec) MariaDB [test]> insert into test_tbl (title,description) values ('Moby Dick', 'A whale of a story'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.002 sec) MariaDB [test]> select * from test_tbl; +--------+-----------+--------------------+ | tbl_id | title | description | +--------+-----------+--------------------+ | 1 | title1 | desc1 | | 2 | Moby Dick | A whale of a story | +--------+-----------+--------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.002 sec) }}} Create MySQL user to access database {{{ CREATE USER 'dbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '81440'; flush privileges; }}} Allow user to access database 'test' from any IP address. {{{ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test.* TO 'dbuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '81440'; flush privileges; }}} Allow remote connection {{{ nano /etc/my.cnf }}}