1. Launch MySQL in the terminal session with the following command:

mysql -u root -p

You will be prompted for the database administrator (root) password. Once logged in you will see a new MySQL prompt.

user@getondrupal.com:~$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 141
Server version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 (Ubuntu)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

At the MySQL prompt the following command will show you a listing of existing databases on the server. Note: All commands in MySQL end with a semicolon(;).

SHOW DATABASES;

The output should appear like this:

mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
+--------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

2. After verifying that you haven't already created the database you'd like to use, we'll go ahead and create a new Drupal database. At the MySQL prompt issue the 'CREATE DATABASE' command followed by the name of the Drupal database you would like to create.

CREATE DATABASE drupal_db;

The output should appear as:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE drupal_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>

We can verify the creation of the new database with the 'SHOW DATABASES' command we used previously. The output look like:

mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| drupal_db          |
| mysql              |
+--------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

3. Next, we'll need to create an user account with the 'GRANT' command that can use the database we created. Note: on very long commands you can press enter and the command will continue in the new line with the '-> ' prompt.

mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER ON drupal_db.* 
    ->TO 'drupal_dbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Be sure to replace the following variables from above with your own:

drupal_db.*

-> your database name

'drupal_dbuser'

- > your database user name

'localhost'

- > the hostname of your database server (especially if hosted on a different host than your webserver)

'password'

- > the password you plan to log the database user with

4. Any time we create a new MySQL user or alter the permissions we want to propagate the changes. We achieve this with the FLUSH PRIVILEGES command.

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

5. Your Drupal database is now set and we can exit the MySQL prompt with the 'QUIT" command. This should take you back to the terminal session.

mysql> QUIT;
Bye
user@getondrupal.com:~$