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Create the Drupal Database

  1. Create the database
    mysqladmin -u db_user -p create drupaldb
  2. Login to MySQL
    mysql -u db_user -p
  3. Grant privileges
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupaldb.* TO nobody@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
    • drupaldb = the Drupaldb database
    • nobody@localhost = your DB account
    • password = the password for the database user
  4. Flush the DB privileges
    flush privileges;
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