When i got my eTRAYz i was really looking forward to test out the webserver option to make it my main location for my webprojects. The downside was that there wasn’t any trace of a mysql server running, the good part is that it’s available but you need to activate it first

Install and configure mysql

1. Get putty(portable)
2. Login on your etrayz as root (not sysadmin! this is important) with your sysadmin password
3. Install the MySQL Database: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
4. Start MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
5. Do a secure installation of mysql: /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
   This will ask you for a password for root, external access settings, if you want to remove the test database and anonymous access
6. Add mysql to your startupscript (so that it starts if you reboot): chkconfig –add mysqld

Fixing the missing php extention

1. Get this package and upload it to your e-TRAYz Disk
2. Go back to putty (log back in as root if you closed it) and type: cd /
3. Extract the file: tar xvjf /home/sysadmin/LAMPfix.tar.bz2
4. Restart apache webserver: /etc/init.d/apache restart

If all done correctly you should now be able to use mysql with your websites