How do you setup a MySQL database to use with a WordPress installation?

October 26, 2013 35.2k views
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I have a "Wordpress on Ubuntu 12.10" droplet (512MB Ram 20GB SSD Disk) and I would like to setup additional WordPress installations. But I first need to know how to setup a MySQL database under such a scenario. What are the exact steps to setup a MySQL database to use with a WordPress installation using DigitalOcean? Thanks!
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me285394 October 26, 2013
First make a password;
openssl rand -base64 16

Then create database and user and privileges. Then flush privileges.

mysql -u root mysql -p
CREATE DATABASE ideside;
CREATE USER 'ideuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ideside.* TO 'ideuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Obviously replace with your own data.
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hello292806 October 26, 2013
Thank you very much "dvikan"! I sincerely appreciate it.

When you say "First make a password", are you referring to the password that I would type in when I do this "ssh root@IP-ADDRESS-HERE"? If so, I already have a password for that. Should I just go straight to: mysql -u root mysql -p

And just to use my own data here, would this be right:

mysql -u root mysql -p
CREATE DATABASE wpdb01;
CREATE USER 'wpdb01'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'blahblah';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wpdb01.* TO 'wpdb01'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

I have the username and database as the same name here and the password as "blahblah".

Thanks again!
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pablo October 26, 2013
Check out How To Set Up Multiple WordPress Sites on a Single Ubuntu VPS.
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by Justin Ellingwood
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