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Set Up OpenSUSE MySQL

Category: VPS Setup

Install MySQL—a relational database—on an OpenSUSE VPS—run

zypper install mysql-community-server

start with

systemctl start mysql

and enable with

systemctl enable mysql

Secure with

mysql_secure_installation

—set root password (e g My$qlOp3n!) remove anon users Open port with

firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp --permanent && firewall-cmd --reload

Test with

mysql -u root -p

—expect \"mysql>\" On Hetzner use YaST (yast2) for GUI setup—verify with

mysqladmin -u root -p version

This powers phpMyAdmin—add SSL for security ensuring uptime for web apps with minimal CLI effort