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The information on this page refers to License Statistics v5v6.15 18 or newer, which upgraded MySQL to v5v8.70. If you are using an earlier version of License Statistics, please refer to the documentation for releases prior to v5v6.1518.

By default, License Statistics uses an embedded MySQL database, which is delivered  delivered with the application. The embedded database will be automatically installed and configured until you change your xflicstat.cfg configuration file to use an external database configuration.

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Although the embedded database is easier to use and more convenient for getting started with License Statistics, we strongly recommend using it only for testing and evaluation purposes.

For production environments, using an external database has advantages such as:

  • Faster upgrade procedure
  • Increased data protection when stored on a host different from the License Statistics server
  • Ability to customize database settings to optimize performance

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Note that License Statistics supports only MySQL 58.70.x. Other versions are not supported.

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  1. Create the database. For example, type the following in the MySQL console:

    mysql> CREATE DATABASE database_name character set latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci;
    where database_name is the name of the database.
    CHARACTER SET charset_name COLLATE collation_name;

    where:
    SettingDescriptionExample
    database_nameName of databasexformation_licstat
    charset_nameSpecifies the default database character setutf8mb4
    collation_nameSpecifies the default database collationutf8mb4_sv_0900_ai_ci
     
  2. Edit the MySQL configuration file and add the options listed below. Performance-related settings can be changed as needed to values that are appropriate for the amount of 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.

    Code Block
    sql_mode = ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_ALL_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION
    
    sort_buffer_size = 8M
    join_buffer_size = 8M
    group_concat_max_len = 30000
    
    innodb_buffer_pool_size = 12G
    innodb_redo_log_capacity = 1024M
    innodb_rollback_on_timeout = 1
    innodb_thread_concurrency = 16
    
    max_connections=500


  3. Restart the MySQL server.

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    Note: Each time you restart the MySQL server, make sure it is reading the ensure it reads the proper configuration file.


  4. Edit the following settings in the configuration file (xflicstat.cfg):

    SettingDescription
    MYSQL_SERVERMySQL server name or IP address.
    MYSQL_PORT3306 (default).
    MYSQL_USERNAMEUsername for the account created in the License Statistics database.
    MYSQL_PASSWORDPassword for the account created in the License Statistics database.
    MYSQL_DATABASE

    Name of the database created for License Statistics.