To set up MySQL for use with Oozie:
On the Oozie Server host, install the connector.
Install the connector.
RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux
yum install mysql-connector-java*
SLES
zypper install mysql-connector-java*
Confirm that
.jar
is in the Java share directory.ls /usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar
Make sure the .jar file has the appropriate permissions - 644.
Create a user for Oozie and grant it permissions.
Using the MySQL database admin utility:
# mysql -u root -p CREATE USER ‘$OOZIEUSER’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘$OOZIEPASSWORD’; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$OOZIEUSER'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Where $OOZIEUSER is the Oozie user name and $OOZIEPASSWORD is the Oozie user password.
Create the Oozie database.
The Oozie database must be created prior.
# mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE $OOZIEDATABASE
Where
$OOZIEDATABASE
is the Oozie database name.