Ubuntu server 12.04/mysql
From Attie's Wiki
apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
Configuring a MySQL Server
... not much to do really
Backup and Restore
# get a shell mysql --user=$USERNAME -p # backup mysqldump --user=$USERNAME -p $DATABASE > $SQLFILE # restore mysql --user=$USERNAME -p $DATABASE < $SQLFILE
Useful commands
CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
CREATE DATABASE database;
SHOW DATABASES;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db.* TO 'user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'user'@'localhost';
REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* FROM 'user'@'localhost';
DROP DATABASE db;
DROP USER user;