Connect existing MySQL database to Jira or Confluence

Dianna Newman

Hi all,

I was originally installing on the Linux server but after getting error messages 'Unknown system variable 'storage_engine' (when setting up database settings) related to using MySQL 5.7.12 which I learnt is too new and unsupported I then decided to install on the Windows server since I still have the old MySQL installed. 

I didn't make backups from the software itself, all I have are the MySQL databases. My question is HOW do I connect an external database to the Windows version of Confluence and Jira.

OR is there a workaround for the 'Unknown system variable 'storage_engine'  error? I would prefer this if possible without downgrading MySQL.

 

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

The easiest way is probably to do a completely clean installation, giving it an empty database to work with.  Once that is working (i.e. you can log in and create projects), stop it, edit the dbconfig.xml to point at the old database and restart it.  Re-indexing is probably the first thing to do after logging in.

Without the home directories for the old systems, you may have some issues, but installing missing add-ons should be possible (I assume you've backed up the attachments separately - if not, then they're gone, but they won't break the systems, just give you errors around not finding them)