We recommend against using MySQL. If you have to use MySQL instead, please ensure a version of >= 5.7 as it supports special characters such as emojis (emoticons) out of the box.
We recommend against using MySQL. If you have to use MySQL instead, please ensure a version of >= 5.7
(MariaDB version >= 10.2) as it supports special characters such as emojis (emoticons) out of the box.
If your Linux distribution only provides older versions of MySQL it is worth considering
[adding MySQL as an `apt` source](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-apt-repo-quick-guide/en/).
@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ the OpenProject database.
You may replace the string `openproject` with the desired username and
database name. The password `my_password` should definitely be changed.
**On MySQL version 5.7 or greater (recommended)**
**On MySQL version 5.7 (MariaDB 10.2) or greater (recommended)**
```sql
mysql> CREATE DATABASE openproject CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ production:
password: openproject
```
** MySQL installation: version 5.7 or greater (recommended)**
** MySQL installation: version 5.7 (MariaDB 10.2) or greater (recommended)**
The encoding should be set to `utf8mb4` as we created the DB with that encoding