MySQL Sandbox

Use a MySql Sandbox instance with Apache2 Webserver

Asked by Kyle

I'm working on a web application that uses a LAMP stack with MySQL 5.6 but I can't update to 5.6 because Muon (my package manager) requires 5.5. Is it possible to have my web application use the 5.6 sandbox instance instead of the 5.5 version that I have installed? I just need this for local development on my machine.

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Giuseppe Maxia (giuseppe-maxia) said : 		#1

It is possible.
However, note that MySQL Sandbox was designed for testing. Thus it is by default less secure than a standard installation. You need to enable all needed security features on your own.
Also, you should disable the 'clear' script, which can remove all your contents without confirmation.

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Kyle (kcbusdieker) said : 		#2

I figured it out! I was inspired by this https://github.com/hijarian/DB-sandbox . I had to change the place that PHP was looking for the database. Instead of 'localhost' I switched to '127.0.0.1' and needed to include the port that my sandbox instance was using.