Oracle MySQL
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Using the MySQL storage engine you can use any MySQL setup as your ngSurvey backend.
To install ngSurvey on a MySQL database you will need to meet following requirements
MySQL version 8 or above.
User used to connect to the MySQL server must have enough privileges to use the MySQL system database to create the database.
If binary logging is enabled you must set the log_bin_trust_function_creators variable to 1 either in your MySQL configuration file or using following query.
SET GLOBAL log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;
Windows based MySQL version requires to have loaded time zone data tables . You may follow this tutorial to load up time the zone data on your Windows MySQL server.
In order to configure ngSurvey to work with MySQL you need to setup following environment variables.
NGSurvey will automatically create or update the database that you have specified in the connection string.
ConnectionStrings:NGSurveyDB holds your connection string to your MySQL server.
NGSurvey:StorageEngine must be set to MySQL.
Once you have configured your database settings you may re-start the web service hosting ngSurvey. NGSurvey will automatically setup the database will all the required tables.
You may also check if your installation is properly setup using following link : https://yourrootsite/api/system/status
