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Posted by Josh Corneille
Josh Corneille
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MySQL in Workspaces

Is there any way to get MySQL working in workspaces? It doesn't seem to be installed when using the command-line, even in the PHP5 environment. I also can't install it because I am not the root user, which is reasonable for security purposes. Are there any plans to implement it in the future?

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Nathan Williams
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Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points
Nathan Williams
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Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points

Hi Josh,

We currently have no plans to implement MySQL server support in Workspaces, because it's really quite resource intensive (and therefore prohibitively expensive to run so many instances). If you need to work with a relational database, we do provide SQLite support in Workspaces, which should be supported in all of our supported languages.

Hope that helps!

Nathan W

Josh Corneille
Josh Corneille
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