This is part five of our series on configuring a Slicehost slice.  Another quick post today.

Step Five – Installing MySQL

sudo aptitude -y install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15-dev libmysql-ruby1.8

To not use innodb

sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Then remove comment # from the skip-innodb line. Save the file.

That’s it!

Part 6

Tomorrow, we are going to get PHP with fastcgi up and running.

Basic Slicehost Slice Setup Series List:

  1. Part 1 - Updating Ubuntu
  2. Part 2 - Configure iptables
  3. Part 3 - Install and Configure OpenSSH
  4. Part 4 - Install nginx Web Server
  5. Part 5 - Installing MySQL
  6. Part 6 - Installing PHP5 with fastcgi
  7. Part 7 - Create the Virtual Host Website
  8. Part 8 - Install WordPress via Subversion

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