MySQL

The MySQL version is installed by default for the Ubuntu distribution you choose to install.

Versions

14.04 installs the mysql-server-5.6 package.

12.04 installs the mysql-server-5.5 package.

Root Password

The root user is used to login to the MySQL server.

The root password is:

root

MySQL Settings

The following settings are set with Puppet through Hiera in the hiera/common.yaml file. They can be overridden by adding a new hiera/custom.yaml file and customizing the settings as needed. You can also set any other MySQL settings variables as needed for your custom setup.

mysql::server::root_password: 'root'