MySQL Automatic Install with Salt – Preseed Database Root Password

MySQL is probably the most popular multi-user database in the world*. It’s part of the most popular web development stack, LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP). This article shows a Salt state to automatically install MySQL on Ubuntu. As the package … Continue reading

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Initial Testing and Tries on MySQL Socket Authentication

MySQL has some initial support for passwordless socket authentication, but based on by very brief and initial testing, it does not seem to be ready for prime time yet. If you want socket authentication, PostgreSQL does socket authentication out of … Continue reading

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First Steps on a New Virtual Private Server – an Example on DigitalOcean and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

These short notes list example first steps when manually configuring a new virtual private server on DigitalOcean and configuring a DNS name on NameCheap. Always use good passwords. Only good passwords. Good passwords every moment.

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