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Install MySQL (Windows OS)

This is the procedure for installing MySQL on Windows OS.

Cautions

  1. MySQL is supported from version 1.4.9.0 or later. Versions of Pleasanter before 1.4.9.0 do not support MySQL.

Microsoft Visual C++ Download the redistributable package

  1. Access the following URL.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
  2. Click on the latest supported x64 version fixed link and download the installer.
    The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable download page, with the x64 fixed link

Microsoft Visual C++ Installation of the redistributable package

  1. Run the downloaded file and install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package.

Download MySQL

  1. Access the following URL.
    https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
  2. Select version "8.4.x LTS"
  3. Click the "Download" button in the "Windows (x86, 64-bit), MSI Installer" row.
    The MySQL download page, with the Download button for the Windows MSI Installer
  4. Click the "No thanks, just start my download." link to download the installer.
    The download start page, with the "No thanks, just start my download." link

MySQL Installation

  1. Run the downloaded file.
  2. Click the "Next" button.
    The first screen of the MySQL installer, with the "Next" button
  3. Check "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" and click the "Next" button.
    The license agreement screen with the "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" checkbox
  4. Click the "Custom" button.
    The setup type screen, with the "Custom" button
  5. Change the installation directory as needed and click the "Next" button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the "Next" button.)
    The screen for choosing the MySQL installation directory
  6. Click the "Install" button.
    The screen confirming the start of installation, with the "Install" button
  7. Check "Run MySQL Configurator" and click the "Finish" button.
    The installer completion screen, with the "Run MySQL Configurator" checkbox
  8. Confirm that the MySQL Configurator is running and click the "Next >" button.
    The first screen of MySQL Configurator
  9. Change the MySQL data directory location as necessary and click the "Next >" button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the "Next >" button.)
    The screen for choosing the MySQL data directory
  10. Modify the Config Type, Connectivity, and Advanced Configuration as necessary, then click the "Next >" button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the "Next >" button.)
    The screen for setting Config Type, Connectivity and Advanced Configuration
  11. Enter the root user password and click the 'Next >' button. The password you enter here will be used in the connection string settings of 'Rds.json', so make sure to note it down.
    The screen for entering the root user password
  12. Change the Windows Service Name and Run Windows Service as... as needed, and click the 'Next >' button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the 'Next >' button.)
    The screen for setting the Windows Service Name and the service account
  13. Change the access rights of the MySQL data files as needed, and click the "Next >" button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the "Next >" button.)
    The screen for setting access rights on the MySQL data files
  14. Change whether to create the sample database as needed, and click the "Next >" button. (If there are no special requirements, simply click the "Next >" button.)
    The screen for choosing whether to create the sample database
  15. Click the "Execute" button.
    The screen that applies the configuration, with the "Execute" button
  16. Wait until the installation is complete, then click the "Next >" button once finished.
    The screen shown after the configuration has been applied, with the "Next >" button
  17. Click the "Finish" button to complete this procedure.
    The MySQL Configurator completion screen, with the "Finish" button

Supported Versions

Supported Version Body
1.4.9.0 or later New documentation created to support MySQL