Assignment - Configure

MySQL
 Assignment
• Create a local MySQL instance for use in this
course
• MySQL can be installed natively or in a Docker
container - your choice
• Setup two databases. One for dev, one for prod
• Call databases sfg_dev and sfg_prod
 Assignment

• Using the MySQL root user is NOT a good

practice.
• Major security risk!!!
• Best practice is to create accounts with the
minimum authority required
 Assignment
• Create two accounts, one for dev, one for prod
• sfg_dev_user, sfg_prod_user
• Both should have DML access (basic CRUD) to
their respective databases
• Neither should have DDL access
 Assignment

• SQL Scripts are available in GitHub. See course

resources for the links to the proper branch.
• Next video will be a step by step review of the
database configuration