I have been managing the Microsoft SQL Server database for many years. Since SQL Server 6.5, I have also left SQL Server management and switched to the open source database MySQL/MariaDB for many years. At present, the work platform has been transferred to Fedora 25, and Fedora 25/MacOS is mainly used at home. At present, I plan to do some database knowledge sharing within the company. Since I need to explain some database foundations, and MySQL has different support for this, I need to install SQL Server, and I don't want to run it in a VirtualBox virtual machine. I heard that Microsoft SQL Server has begun to support Linux. So I searched for some information and started tossing SQL Server on Fedora 25.
Just a few brief notes here, in theory the setup process should be pretty smooth.
Step 1: Get the yum source, there are two sources
$ sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/mssql-server.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo
--2017-03-21 10:02:04-- https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/mssql-server.repo
Resolving packages.microsoft.com (packages.microsoft.com)... 13.75.127.55
Connecting to packages.microsoft.com (packages.microsoft.com)|13.75.127.55|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 220 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo’
/etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.r 100%[==================================================>] 220 --.-KB/s in 0s
2017-03-21 10:02:04 (22.9 MB/s) - ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo’ saved [220/220]
$ sudo wget wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo
--2017-03-21 10:03:12-- https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo
Resolving packages.microsoft.com (packages.microsoft.com)... 13.75.127.55
Connecting to packages.microsoft.com (packages.microsoft.com)|13.75.127.55|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 193 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo’
/etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo 100%[======================================================>] 193 --.-KB/s in 0s
2017-03-21 10:03:12 (40.9 MB/s) - ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo’ saved [193/193]
Step 2: Install SQL Server and Command Line Management Tools
$ sudo dnf search mssql
packages-microsoft-com-mssql-server 36 kB/s | 3.8 kB 00:00
packages-microsoft-com-prod 170 kB/s | 18 kB 00:00
===================================================== N/S Matched: mssql ======================================================
opendbx-mssql.x86_64 : MSSQL backend - provides mssql support in opendbx
mssql-tools.x86_64 : Tools for Microsoft(R) SQL Server (R)
mssql-server.x86_64 : Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R) Relational Database Engine
mssql-server-ha.x86_64 : High Availability support for Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R) Relational Database Engine
mssql-server-fts.x86_64 : Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R) Full Text Search
mssql-server-agent.x86_64 : Microsoft SQL Server Agent
php-ZendFramework-Db-Adapter-Pdo-Mssql.noarch : Zend Framework database adapter for MS SQL PDO
$ sudo dnf install mssql-server mssql-tools
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:35 ago on Tue Mar 21 10:03:34 2017.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
msodbcsql x86_64 13.1.4.0-1 packages-microsoft-com-prod 3.9 M
mssql-server x86_64 14.0.405.200-1 packages-microsoft-com-mssql-server 142 M
mssql-tools x86_64 14.0.4.0-1 packages-microsoft-com-prod 249 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 3 Packages
Total download size: 146 M
Installed size: 146 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): mssql-tools-14.0.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm 95 kB/s | 249 kB 00:02
(2/3): msodbcsql-13.1.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm 42 kB/s | 3.9 MB 01:35
(3/3): mssql-server-14.0.405.200-1.x86_64.rpm 122 kB/s | 142 MB 19:51
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Total 125 kB/s | 146 MB 19:51
warning: /var/cache/dnf/packages-microsoft-com-mssql-server-6ec86e9fa6acaff2/packages/mssql-server-14.0.405.200-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID be1229cf: NOKEY
Importing GPG key 0xBE1229CF:
Userid : "Microsoft (Release signing) <[email protected]>"
Fingerprint: BC52 8686 B50D 79E3 39D3 721C EB3E 94AD BE12 29CF
From : https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
The license terms for this product can be downloaded from
https://aka.ms/odbc131eula and found in
/usr/share/doc/msodbcsql/LICENSE.TXT . By entering 'YES',
you indicate that you accept the license terms.
Do you accept the license terms? (Enter YES or NO)
YES
Installing : msodbcsql-13.1.4.0-1.x86_64 1/3
The license terms for this product can be downloaded from
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746949 and found in
/usr/share/doc/mssql-tools/LICENSE.txt . By entering 'YES',
you indicate that you accept the license terms.
Do you accept the license terms? (Enter YES or NO)
YES
Installing : mssql-tools-14.0.4.0-1.x86_64 2/3
Installing : mssql-server-14.0.405.200-1.x86_64 3/3
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| Please run sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup to complete the setup of |
| Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R). |
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Verifying : mssql-server-14.0.405.200-1.x86_64 1/3
Verifying : mssql-tools-14.0.4.0-1.x86_64 2/3
Verifying : msodbcsql-13.1.4.0-1.x86_64 3/3
Installed:
msodbcsql.x86_64 13.1.4.0-1 mssql-server.x86_64 14.0.405.200-1 mssql-tools.x86_64 14.0.4.0-1
Complete!If there are package dependencies in the process, it should be solved automatically, because my machine itself has many development packages installed, so no third-party packages are installed this time.
At the same time, before the official installation, you will need to import the GPG signature and type YES twice to agree to Microsoft's license agreement.
Step 3: Initialize SQL Server and start the service
$ cd /opt/mssql/bin/
$ sudo ./mssql-conf setup
The license terms for this product can be downloaded from
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746388
and found in /usr/share/doc/mssql-server/LICENSE.TXT.
Do you accept the license terms? [Yes/No]:yes
Setting up Microsoft SQL Server
Enter the new SQL Server system administrator password:
Confirm the new SQL Server system administrator password:
Starting Microsoft SQL Server...
Enabling Microsoft SQL Server to run at boot...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mssql-server.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/mssql-server.service.
Setup completed successfully.Using the command line initialization wizard, you only need to agree to the license agreement and provide the password for sa. The service starts automatically after initialization is complete.
View service running status
$ systemctl status mssql-server
● mssql-server.service - Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mssql-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-03-21 10:35:54 CST; 11min ago
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux
Main PID: 17354 (sqlservr)
Tasks: 154
CGroup: /system.slice/mssql-server.service
├─17354 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr
└─17420 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [66B blob data]
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [75B blob data]
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [96B blob data]
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [100B blob data]
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [71B blob data]
Mar 21 10:36:00 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [124B blob data]
Mar 21 10:41:01 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [71B blob data]
Mar 21 10:43:03 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [66B blob data]
Mar 21 10:43:03 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [109B blob data]
Mar 21 10:43:03 rx-wj39106 sqlservr[17354]: [110B blob data]Check the local port and find that 1433/1434 is already listening
$ ss -nat
State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port
LISTEN 0 5 127.0.0.1:631 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:1433 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 127.0.0.1:1434 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:8000 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:8800 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 127.0.0.1:9000 *:*
LISTEN 0 80 *:3306 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:3307 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:111 *:*
LISTEN 0 128 *:80 *:*
Step 4: Connect to SQL Server
$ cd /opt/mssql-tools/bin/
$ ./sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa
Password:
1> CREATE DATABASE sbtest;
2> GO
1> USE sbtest;
2> GO
Changed database context to 'sbtest'.
1> CREATE TABLE sbtest1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, cdate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT GETDATE());
2> GO
1> INSERT INTO sbtest1 (id) VALUES (1);
2> INSERT INTO sbtest1 (id) VALUES (2);
3> INSERT INTO sbtest1 (id) VALUES (3);
4> INSERT INTO sbtest1 (id) VALUES (4);
5> INSERT INTO sbtest1 (id) VALUES (5);
6> GO
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
1> SELECT id,cdate FROM sbtest1;
2> GO
id cdate
----------- -----------------------
1 2017-03-21 10:44:44.010
2 2017-03-21 10:44:44.010
3 2017-03-21 10:44:44.010
4 2017-03-21 10:44:44.010
5 2017-03-21 10:44:44.010
(5 rows affected)Connect to SQL Server, create database sbtest, create table sbtest1, add/query data, everything is as expected, so far SQL Server has been successfully installed on Fedora 25.