This article shows you the Step by step procedure to install MySQL on Windows. It will be the same for the Mac as well. To install MySQL on Windows, double-click on the MSI file that we downloaded in Download MySQL article.
Based on the security configuration, it might ask you for permission to run. Please click the Run button to install MySQL on windows from the below shown pop-up message.
Install MySQL on Windows
Once you click the Run, a new installation wizard called MySQL Installer Center would open. Before you start installing MySQL on windows platform, please read the Licence Agreement, and checkmark the I accept the Licence terms option.
Choosing Setup Type: Please select the Setup Type
If you are only working with MySQL or want to learn MySQL, then you can select the Custom option. It will also save the disk space.
After selecting the Custom option, Please select the MySQL Server, Workbench from Available Products. And then add them to Products/Features To Be Installed. It adds the Server, and workbench to write queries.
We need all the available products from MySQL. So, we are selecting the Developer Default option. If you have more hard disk space, please choose this option.
While installing MySQL on windows, it will leak you to install Python as well. As you can see, we don’t have python installed on this system. To demonstrate this message, we just uninstalled Python from our system.
When we click the next button, it is throwing a confirm message box. Click Yes. Remember, you will get this message even if you don’t have Visual Studio or any other supporting software.
Click Execute Button to install MySQL on windows. It includes all the products that you selected before.
As you can see, products installed successfully. Click the Next button.
Product Configuration: Until now, we installed the MySQL Server, Workbench, and remaining products on our windows. Now we have to configure the Server, Router, and add Samples and Examples to it.
Type and Networking: Please select the first option and click Next.
Server Configuration Type: Use this page to configure the server type, Port number. As you can see from the below screenshot, Config type had three types:
- Development Machine: If you select this option, You can use this software like any other software, and consumes less memory. Standard option.
- Server Machine: If you are configuring Server-Client, then you can use this option. So, the only server application will run in this system.
- Dedicated Machine: If you want to dedicate this machine to the MySQL server, use this option. It will not allow any servers, such as web servers, in this machine.
We selected the default Development machine as the config type, and default port number 3306. You can change as per your requirements.
Please provide the password for the root account. It is the password that you are going to use to login to MySQL from command prompt, or in workbench.
Apart from the default root account, you can add your own users to access MySQL by clicking the Add User button
Here, we are adding tutorialgateway user with DB Admin rights. We will write a dedicated post about the Roles and access levels.
As you can see, we provided a random password for the user
Now, you can see a new user tutorialgateway
Windows Service: This will add MySQL Service to the windows services, and the service will start when the windows are loading.
For now, we are not enabling the protocol. So, we are leaving as it is, and click the Next button
Click on the Execute button to apply configurations.
Click Finish button to finish configuring the MySQL Server
Let me configure the Router
We will do the Router Configuration in the later stage. For now, we are leaving the defaults. Feel free to change them as per your requirements.
Now, Let me configure the Samples and Examples
Please provide the password to connect to the MySQL Server
Click on the Execute button to run the scripts that are required to add the Samples, and Examples to MySQL.
From the below screenshot, you can see that configuration steps executed without any error.
Click the Finish button to close the Installer wizard. It completes the installing MySQL on windows.
I hope you understood the steps that are required to install MySQL on windows along with Workbench, and connections. The below screenshot will show you MySQL Command prompt, and Workbench.
