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MySQL 8.0.11 removed support for old_password

See original GitHub issue

Steps to Reproduce

Install MySQL 8.0.11 or above
Attempt to install Ghost

This error message:

Message: Creating new MySQL user errored with message:
ER_UNKNOWN_SYSTEM_VARIABLE: Unknown system variable 'old_passwords'

This is because MySQL 8.0.11 removed the old_passwords variable! See here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_old_passwords

Log file

ghost-cli-debug-2018-10-02T03_29_13_544Z.log

Technical details

OS: Ubuntu, v18.04
Node Version: v8.12.0
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.9.5
Environment: production
Command: ‘ghost setup mysql’

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Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:16 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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acburdinecommented, Oct 6, 2020

note for those watching this issue - I’m working on adding tentative support for MySQL 8 + ubuntu 20.04 support, tracked in #1265

if all goes well, should be able to get that support released sometime this week.

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acburdinecommented, Oct 10, 2020

for those watching this ticket - just released Ghost-CLI 1.15.0 which includes support for Ubuntu 20 LTS as well as MySQL 8. Feel free to raise an issue if you see any problems with it 😄

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