Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 367)

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MySQL
MySQL provides a relational database management solution for your Web server. With this
open-source software, you can link data in different tables or databases and provide the
information on your Web site.
The MySQL Manager application simplifies setting up the MySQL database on Mac OS X
Server. You can use MySQL Manager to initialize the MySQL database, and to start and stop
the MySQL service.
MySQL is pre-installed on Mac OS X Server, with its various files already in the appropriate
locations. At some point you may wish to upgrade to a newer version of MySQL. You may
install the new version in /usr/local/mysql, however, MySQL Manager will not be aware of the
new version of MySQL and will continue to control the pre-installed version. If you do install
a newer version of MySQL, use MySQL Manager to stop the pre-installed version, then start
the newer version via the config file.
For more information on MySQL, see
www.mysql.com
Where to Find More Information
For information about configuration files and other aspects of Apache Web service, see these
resources:
m Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, by Ben Laurie and Peter Laurie (O’Reilly and
Associates, 1999)
m Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C, by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern
(O’Reilly and Associates, 1999)
m Web Performance Tuning, by Patrick Killelea (O’Reilly and Associates, 1998)
m Web Security & Commerce, by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford (O’Reilly and
Associates, 1997)
m For more information about Apache, see the Apache Web site:
www.apache.org
m For an inclusive list of methods used by WebDAV clients, see RFC 2518. RFC documents
provide an overview of a protocol or service that can be helpful for novice administrators,
as well as more detailed technical information for experts. You can search for RFC
documents by number at this Web site:
www.faqs.org/rfcs