Access MySQL server from Grails - mysql

Question

I like to setup a dedicated MySQL server in a LAN accessible from other computers of this network. How can I setup the database server and the clients?
How can a Grails application can access the MySQL from the same LAN?

Answer 1

If your MySQL server is going to run on Windows then you can configure it with the installation program. For example, I downloaded the install file mysql-installer-community-5.6.20.0.msi (versions change quickly) and it offers the option of installing just the server:
Just follow the screen prompts and take all the default values (strongly recommended). The main values to remember are:
The default network port number 3306.
The server's ip address.
The username(s) and password(s) that you created that have access to
MySQL.
Then I suggest you download HeidiSQL and configure a connection to your new MySQL server, that way you can manage your database server remotely:
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

You are asking 2 differents questions.
To set up mysql connection in your grails app, did you at least try to read the doc ?
http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/single.html#dataSource
It's just a jdbc connection string :
https://www.google.fr/?gws_rd=ssl#q=jdbc+mysql+connection+string+example

Answer 3

It's more than just the JDBC connect string. You won't get far without a driver, so uncomment the sample entry in BuildConfig.groovy in the dependencies section and update the version to the most recent:
dependencies {
...
runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.34'
}
Set the driverClassName in DataSource.groovy, along with the correct JDBC url for your database. Replace <server> with the server name or IP address, and <dbname> with the correct database name. You will likely also want to add parameters at the end of the url in the querystring. And if the port is non-standard (3306 is the default) then add that in also. To ensure that you use INNODB tables (older versions of MySQL default to MyISAM), specify the MySQL5InnoDBDialect (or a subclass):
dataSource {
...
driverClassName = 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'
dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
url = 'jdbc:mysql://<server>/<dbname>'
}
Run grails compile to download the driver jar and setup the classpath.