Bitnami DreamFactory MySQL has been demystified by our proficient experts. Want to learn more? Keep reading. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our MySQL Support Service.

Let’s take a look at how our Support Team is ready to help customers with Bitnami DreamFactory MySQL.

All About Bitnami DreamFactory MySQL

DreamFactory can be described as an API management gateway. It generates powerful and well-documented APIs for around twenty databases, caching, e-mail, file storage, 3rd party APIs as well as SOAP services.

How to understand the default MySQL configuration

The default configuration is made up of :

• An account with username root with privileges. This user has remote access to the database.
• An anonymous user account without remote access to the database server. This user is meant for testing purposes.
• A test database for testing purposes.

According to our Support Techs, we can find out which MySQL version is running on our system with the following command:

mysqld –version

Furthermore, the default port for MySQL is 3306. We can locate the MySQL configuration file on the MySQL database server host at one of the following locations :

• For approach A: /opt/bitnami/mysql/conf/my.cnf
• For approach B: /opt/bitnami/mysql/my.cnf

We can find out if we have to use Approach A or B by running this command

test ! -f "/opt/bitnami/common/bin/openssl" && echo "Approach A: Using system packages." || echo "Approach B: Self-contained installation."

According to our Support Techs, we can locate the log-error file at one of the following locations :

• For approach A: /opt/bitnami/mysql/logs/mysqld.log
• For approach B: /opt/bitnami/mysql/data/mysqld.log

How to get access to MySQL credentials

The MYSQL credentials include:

• Database username: root
• Database password: It is the same as the application password.

Moreover, DreamFactory needs access to the MySQL database to store information. In fact, we will use the Bitnami Docker image for this purpose.

We can run the application via Docker Compose as seen below:

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-dreamfactory/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d

About Environment variables

When we start the DreamFactory image, we can adjust the instance configuration by passing one or more environment variables on the docker run command line or on the docker-compose file. In case we want to add a new environment variable, we have to :

• Add the variable name and value in the application section in the docker-compose.yml file for docker-compose.
• Add a –env option along with each variable and value for manual execution.

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Conclusion

To conclude, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares took us through Bitnami DreamFactory MySQL.