Overview

This document describes how to install a MySQL database server on Windows 2000, mainly focusing on setting up the server with the EventSentry database and table.

The appendix also gives instructions on how to install Apache and PHP.

This guide is also useful if you are not using EventSentry as it covers mostly basic MySQL tasks.

MySQL

MySQL is an open source relational database and can hence be used for free. It lacks some features of commercial database, but is an excellent solution for many needs, including EventSentry.

One of the downsides to MySQL is its lack of graphical administration interfaces, though this seems to be improving over time. We found the MySQL Control Center to be quite capable and easy to use, though not as appealing as other products including the MS Sql Enterprise manager.

Why?

This guide was written to help EventSentry customers setup a reliable and affordable database server to store and consolidate event log records.