[digiKam-users] migrating to internal MySQL

[Maik Qualmann]

Yes, set up an internal server in digiKam. Everything is managed by digiKam 
(password, user name, etc.) A hidden MySQL directory is created in the 
selected path. With the migration dialog you can transfer your existing 
external database to the internal one.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2018, 13:00:01 CEST schrieb karsten_df:
> I'm currently using digikam with an external MySQL server located on a small
> & not so powerful server in my network, For performance reasons, I'd like
> to test the configuration with an internal MySQL Server, but I'm finding
> little information how it works.
> I had thought the internal MySQL server would work somehow like this
> - I'd set up e.g. a mariadb server on the PC on the PC digikam is running at
> - I'd create the three databases (core, thumbs, faces),
>   and populate them with a dump I made on the server
> - I'd enter the details of the co-located server into digikam's setup
> 
> However, the dialog for using an internal MySQL db looks much different to
> the external one -
> no way to enter db names, user/password, etc. Seems that digikam wants to
> configure the databases itself, resp. digikam has a built-in MySQL server?
> 
> Is there some more information how this works, especially in a case where
> existing databases need to be migrated?
> (I've also looked at the Migration dialog, but before trying this I'd like
> to better understand the background :-)
> 
> 
> 
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