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Tip
This option may represent a security risk if the machine is open to the internet.
It is heavily recommended that your firewall is set to block access to port 3306 from
external requests.
The Database Connection page appears if the MySQL Product module was not selected. It
defines the necessary information required to connect to an existing database.
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Database Configuration: Select the database type to use for the PlanetPress Connect
Engine. Currently only MySQL is supported.
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Administrator Username: Enter the username for a user with administrative rights on the
database. Administrative rights are required since tables need to be created in the
database.
If accessing a database on a different machine, the server must also be able to accept
non-local TCPconnections, and the username must also be configured to accept remote
connection. For example, the "root"MySQLuser entered as root@localhost is not allowed
to connect from any other machine than the one where MySQLis installed.
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Administrator Password: Enter the password for the above user. The appropriate
MySQL password must be entered or the Connect installation will fail.
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TCP/IP Port Number: Enter the port on which the database server expects connections.
For MySQL, this is 3306 by default.
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Database Host Name: Enter the existing database server's IP or host name.
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Server Schema/Table: Enter the name of the MySQL database into which the tables will
be created. The Connect standard name is "objectiflune".
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Test Connection button: Click to verify that the information provide into previous fields is
valid by connecting to the database.
Note
This test does not check whether the remote user has READ and WRITE
permissions to the tables under the objectiflune schema. It is solely a test of
database connectivity.
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