Installation

For Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Login as root

mysqladmin -u root -p

Creating Databases

Create a Database:

mysqladmin -u root -p create testdb

Check Databases:

mysql -u root -p
show databases;

Select a Database and check its tables:

use testdb;
show tables;

Checking Table contents:

show columns from column_name;

Creating a user:

	This section is under construction.

Connecting to a database directly:

mysql testdb -u user -pmypassword

Granting access to the Database:

	This section is under construction.

Export DB

mysqldump testdb > testdb.sql -p

Import DB

mysql testdb < /var/www/html/test.com/testdb.sql -p

The default port of the database server is 3306 If you are unable to connect to the database, try disabling the IPTables:

iptables -F