Replace sqlite3 with mysql on local development

Many of us suffering sqlite3 installation on local envoriment so here is a quick solution to replace sqlite3 with mysql. Here’s what i did:

1. Installed mariadb and started. I created a database and assigned a user in it with all grants.
2. npm install ghost-cli@latest -g
3. ghost install local

After 3rd step, I encountered usual sqlite3 error and could not start the ghost. Now go ahead the directory where you install ghost and locate the file config.development.json. Open the file and replace the database section with this.

In this example, i used ghostuser but you can choose anything you want.

"database": {
  "client": "mysql",
  "connection": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "user": "ghostuser",
    "password": "ghostuser",
    "database": "ghostuser",
    "charset": "utf8"
  }

Then i started the ghost with ghost start and it worked.

[acburdine]

@koraylinux another option for using local ghost with mysql is to run ghost install local --db mysql, which should add the automatic prompts for MySQL host, username, password, etc. 😄 Removes any need to manually edit configuration.

[acburdine]

@nkgst generally this means that you don’t have mysql installed locally - see here for instructions on how to install MySQL on Windows.

I’m closing this issue since there’s nothing to update on the CLI side. If you run into any more issues, please reach out on our forum 😄