Using an external MySQL database

You can use an external MySQL database with License Statistics if needed. Note that License Statistics supports only MySQL versions 5.5 and newer.

To use an external database with License Statistics:

1. Create the database. For example, type the following in the MySQL console:
   mysql> CREATE DATABASE database_name;
   
   
2. Edit or replace your existing mysqld configuration file with the MySQL config.ini file included in the License Statistics distribution. These settings are important for performance, because the default mysqld configuration file is not configured for the high volume of data License Statistics pushes through the database.
   
   
3. Edit the following settings in the configuration file (xflicstat.cfg):
   
   

MYSQL_DATABASE: Name of the database created for License Statistics