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new a5d29c05 Add force recreate parameter on setup DB script (#534)
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commit a5d29c05a7c5ba299ab1b9e899d64b3b60cb819a
Author: Nicolas Vazquez <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 29 01:02:38 2025 -0300
Add force recreate parameter on setup DB script (#534)
* Add force recreate parameter on setup DB script
* Update source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst
Co-authored-by: Suresh Kumar Anaparti <[email protected]>
---
source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst
b/source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst
index ca70a13e..d7596016 100644
--- a/source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst
+++ b/source/installguide/management-server/_database.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ MySQL. See :ref:`install-database-on-separate-node`.
the root User is deploying the database and creating the "cloud"
User.
+ - Since 4.21, the databases (cloud, cloud_usage) are only created if they
+ do not exist. This behavior prevents accidental recreation of existing
+ databases. The databases recreation can still be invoked by passing the
+ --force-recreate flag.
+
- (Optional) There is an option to bypass the creating of the databases,
User and granting permissions to the user. This is useful if you don't
want to expose your root credentials but still want the database to
@@ -228,6 +233,10 @@ MySQL. See :ref:`install-database-on-separate-node`.
GRANT process ON *.* TO cloud@`localhost`;
GRANT process ON *.* TO cloud@`%`;
+ .. note::
+ Since 4.21, it is required to pass the --force-recreate flag for
+ databases recreation.
+
- (Optional) For encryption\_type, use file or web to indicate the
technique used to pass in the database encryption password.
Default: file. See :ref:`about-password-key-encryption`.
