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#Get into the MySQL command line utility: <code>$mysql -u root -p</code> | #Get into the MySQL command line utility: <code>$mysql -u root -p</code> | ||
#*Enter your MySQL root password as set above, or just press enter if you didn't set one to log in with a blank password | #*Enter your MySQL root password as set above, or just press enter if you didn't set one to log in with a blank password | ||
#Enter the following commands: | |||
##Type in: <code>CREATE USER 'kodi' IDENTIFIED BY 'kodi';</code> and press return | |||
##Type in: <code>GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'kodi';</code> and press return | |||
##Type in: <code>flush privileges;</code> and press return | |||
#Close out the command line tool with <code>\q</code> | |||
=RaspberryPi Raspbian= | |||
'''RaspberryPi Raspbian:''' | |||
#<code>$sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code> to ensure that you have the very latest iteration of Raspbian. ''(September 2017 as of writing this)'' | |||
#<code>$sudo apt-get install mysql-server</code> to install ''MYSQL Server''. | |||
#To configure MySQL to listen for connections from network hosts, <code>$sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf</code> and change the bind-address directive to the server's IP address: | |||
##from: <code>bind-address = 127.0.0.1</code> | |||
##to: <code>bind-address = 192.168.0.5</code> | |||
#*Note: Replace 192.168.0.5 with the appropriate address. | |||
#*Note: To allow both local and remote access (i.e. from both the MySQL host to itself and also from other clients), either comment out the bind-address using a hash (#) to disable it, or use <code>bind-address = 0.0.0.0</code> to open it completely. | |||
#Restart your MySQL server: <code>sudo service mysql restart</code> | |||
#Get into the MySQL command line utility: <code>sudo mysql</code> | |||
#Enter the following commands: | #Enter the following commands: | ||
##Type in: <code>CREATE USER 'kodi' IDENTIFIED BY 'kodi';</code> and press return | ##Type in: <code>CREATE USER 'kodi' IDENTIFIED BY 'kodi';</code> and press return | ||
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*http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2013/02/05/share-your-xbmc-12-0-library-on-a-synology-ds-or-other-nas/ Synology DS with MySQL guide based on Frodo | *http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2013/02/05/share-your-xbmc-12-0-library-on-a-synology-ds-or-other-nas/ Synology DS with MySQL guide based on Frodo | ||
*http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=172548 - unRAID | *http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=172548 - unRAID | ||
After setting up a database server on you NAS, you should create a Kodi user with full administrative privileges. The user should be able to log in from your Kodi devices, so make sure you give the user login access from external machines. | |||
You do not need to create a database as Kodi will create the required databases itself. | |||
{{redv|'''Warning:'''| As you are giving the Kodi user full administrative privileges and external machine access it is recommended that you review your database security. It is highly recommenced that you block internet access to your database using an appropriate firewall. }} | |||
=FreeNAS and freeBSD= | =FreeNAS and freeBSD= |
Revision as of 23:05, 27 November 2017
Share libraries w/MySQL, guide: |
MySQL | Setting up MySQL |
You'll need to choose which of your computers, Kodi devices, or NAS will be the MySQL server. The server needs to be on 24/7 or have wake-on-lan (preferably the former), and needs to have a local static IP. You will probably want the Kodi device that is hosting most or all of your videos and music to also be the MySQL server, but this is not required.
Please Note: Don't create the MySQL databases on your server. Simply set up the MySQL server itself, as Kodi will create the specific databases by itself.
Also: Some versions of MySQL set their passwords to expire by default, even the root password! If the password expires, Kodi cannot access the database and the TV Series and Movies libraries will disappear.
To avoid this and/or fix it after it happens, make sure the account's password does not expire. (See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/password-expiration-policy.html )
To avoid this and/or fix it after it happens, make sure the account's password does not expire. (See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/password-expiration-policy.html )
MySQL can be installed on just about every major OS:
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