Hi all, Following installation guide for MySQL I've added to /etc/mysql/my.cnf
[client] default-character-set=utf8 [mysqld] character-set-server=utf8 MariaDB fails to start: May 14 14:01:41 gittest systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB 10.1.44 database server... May 14 14:01:41 gittest mysqld[10318]: 2020-05-14 14:01:41 139687784537472 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 10.1.44-MariaDB-0+deb9u1) starting as process 10318 ... May 14 14:01:41 gittest mysqld[10318]: 2020-05-14 14:01:41 139687784537472 [ERROR] COLLATION 'utf8mb4_general_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8' May 14 14:01:41 gittest mysqld[10318]: 2020-05-14 14:01:41 139687784537472 [ERROR] Aborting May 14 14:01:41 gittest systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 14 14:01:41 gittest systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.1.44 database server. When I comment out these 2 addition it starts fine and I can retrieve the following: MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW COLLATION LIKE 'utf8%'; +------------------------------+---------+-----+---------+----------+---------+ | Collation | Charset | Id | Default | Compiled | Sortlen | +------------------------------+---------+-----+---------+----------+---------+ | utf8_general_ci | utf8 | 33 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | utf8_bin | utf8 | 83 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8_unicode_ci | utf8 | 192 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_icelandic_ci | utf8 | 193 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_latvian_ci | utf8 | 194 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_romanian_ci | utf8 | 195 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_slovenian_ci | utf8 | 196 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_polish_ci | utf8 | 197 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_estonian_ci | utf8 | 198 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_spanish_ci | utf8 | 199 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_swedish_ci | utf8 | 200 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_turkish_ci | utf8 | 201 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_czech_ci | utf8 | 202 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_danish_ci | utf8 | 203 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_lithuanian_ci | utf8 | 204 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_slovak_ci | utf8 | 205 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_spanish2_ci | utf8 | 206 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_roman_ci | utf8 | 207 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_persian_ci | utf8 | 208 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_esperanto_ci | utf8 | 209 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_hungarian_ci | utf8 | 210 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_sinhala_ci | utf8 | 211 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_german2_ci | utf8 | 212 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8 | 213 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_unicode_520_ci | utf8 | 214 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_vietnamese_ci | utf8 | 215 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_general_mysql500_ci | utf8 | 223 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8_croatian_ci | utf8 | 576 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_myanmar_ci | utf8 | 577 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8_thai_520_w2 | utf8 | 578 | | Yes | 4 | | utf8mb4_general_ci | utf8mb4 | 45 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_bin | utf8mb4 | 46 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_unicode_ci | utf8mb4 | 224 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_icelandic_ci | utf8mb4 | 225 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_latvian_ci | utf8mb4 | 226 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_romanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 227 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_slovenian_ci | utf8mb4 | 228 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_polish_ci | utf8mb4 | 229 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_estonian_ci | utf8mb4 | 230 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_spanish_ci | utf8mb4 | 231 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_swedish_ci | utf8mb4 | 232 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_turkish_ci | utf8mb4 | 233 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_czech_ci | utf8mb4 | 234 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_danish_ci | utf8mb4 | 235 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 236 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_slovak_ci | utf8mb4 | 237 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_spanish2_ci | utf8mb4 | 238 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_roman_ci | utf8mb4 | 239 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_persian_ci | utf8mb4 | 240 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_esperanto_ci | utf8mb4 | 241 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_hungarian_ci | utf8mb4 | 242 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_sinhala_ci | utf8mb4 | 243 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_german2_ci | utf8mb4 | 244 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8mb4 | 245 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci | utf8mb4 | 246 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci | utf8mb4 | 247 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_croatian_ci | utf8mb4 | 608 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_myanmar_ci | utf8mb4 | 609 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_thai_520_w2 | utf8mb4 | 610 | | Yes | 4 | +------------------------------+---------+-----+---------+----------+---------+ 59 rows in set (0.00 sec) I've replaced utf8 with utf8mb4 in my.cf and MariaDB is now starting fine. Have I done the right thing? Shall the installation documentation be updated? Thanks, Adam -- Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack: https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons: https://rbcommons.com/ Happy user? Let us know! https://www.reviewboard.org/users/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Review Board Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/reviewboard/5df71a68-ba82-42de-b0a4-b357c3e123d1%40googlegroups.com.
