To encrypt your Mac hard drive by using Finder, perform the following steps. Step 1) Use the internal Mac volume or connect the external storage drive that you wish to encrypt. Step 2) Launch Finder, and from the left pane, secondary click a drive or volume and select the Encrypt ‘DriveName’ option. For information on making use of an macOS Launch Daemon to automatically start and stop MySQL, see Section 2.4.3, “Installing a MySQL Launch Daemon”. For information on the MySQL Preference Pane, see Section 2.4.4, “Installing and Using the MySQL Preference Pane”.

Install SQL Server directly to your Mac — no virtual machine required!

Microsoft has made SQL Server available for macOS and Linux systems. This is made possible by running SQL Server from a Docker container. Therefore, there's no need to install a virtual machine with Windows (which was the only way to run SQL Server on a Mac prior to SQL Server 2017).

Install and Configure Docker

This is a prerequisite for installing SQL Server on your Mac. Because the Mac runs SQL Server inside a Docker container, the first thing we need to do is download and install Docker (unless it's already installed). Once installed, we'll increase its memory allocation to a more suitable level for running SQL Server.

1. Download Docker from the download page, extract it, and drag it into your Application folder.
2. Launch Docker, and go to Preferences > Advanced and increase its memory allocation to 4GB

If I've confused you, don't worry. I've written a tutorial with screenshots: Install Docker on a Mac and Configure for SQL Server.

OK, we're now ready to install SQL Server on your Mac.

Now the Actual SQL Server Installation

Now that we've installed Docker and increased its memory allocation, we can go ahead and install SQL Server. The Mac uses the Linux image (the SQL Server for Linux Docker image).

1. Pull the SQL Server Image

   Open a Terminal window and run the following command:*

   This pulls the latest SQL Server for Linux Docker image to your computer.

   * The exact command will depend on which release you download. Also, since I wrote this article, Docker has moved the repository for SQL Server. You might need to use docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest-ubuntu to download SQL Server 2017.

   Also, SQL Server 2019 Preview has been available since late 2018. As of late 2019 you can download it at docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-CTP3.2-ubuntu.

   For the latest image, see the official Microsoft repository on the Docker website.

2. Launch the SQL Server Image

   Run the following command to launch an instance of the Docker image you just downloaded:

   docker run -d --name Homer -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=myPassw0rd' -p 1433:1433 microsoft/mssql-server-linux

   Replace the container name and password with your own. Also be sure to make a strong password, or you may get an error (see below).

   Also, if you downloaded a different container image, replace microsoft/mssql-server-linux with your container image.

   Here's an explanation of the above parameters:

   -d

   This is an optional parameter that launches the Docker container in daemon mode. This means that it runs in the background and doesn't need its own Terminal window open. You can omit this parameter to have the container run in its own Terminal window.

   --name Homer

   This optional parameter provides a name for the container. This can be handy when stopping and starting the container from the Terminal.

   -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y'

   The Y shows that you agree with the EULA (End User Licence Agreement). This is required in order to install SQL Server.

   -e 'SA_PASSWORD=myPassw0rd'

   Required parameter that sets the sa database password.

   -p 1433:1433

   This maps the local port 1433 to port 1433 on the container. This is the default TCP port that SQL Server uses to listen for connections.

   microsoft/mssql-server-linux

   This tells Docker which image to use. If you downloaded a different one, use that instead.

   Password Strength

   If you get the following error at this step, try again, but with a stronger password.

   Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R) setup failed with error code 1. Please check the setup log in /var/opt/mssql/log for more information.

3. Check the Docker container (optional)

   Type the following command to check that the Docker container is running.

   If it's up and running, it should return something like this:

   Show All Containers

   The above command only shows those containers that are currently running. To show all containers (whether they're running or not), append the -a flag to the command (you can also use -all):

   docker ps -a OR docker ps -all

Check your Installation & Manage SQL Server

Now that you've installed SQL Server on your Mac, you'll probably want to check that you can access it and query it, etc. Then you'll probably want to start creating databases and doing other DB-related tasks. You'll need some sort of management tool for this.

Here are three options:

• sql-cli

  sql-cli is a cross platform command line tool for SQL Server. This means you can create databases and query them right from your Mac's Terminal window.

  Installation is as easy as running a single command (assuming you already have NodeJs installed).

• Azure Data Studio

  Azure Data Studio (formerly called SQL Operations Studio) is a free GUI tool from Microsoft. It's a bit more user friendly for those who aren't comfortable with the command line interface.

  Installation is as easy as downloading it and dragging it to your Applications folder.

• DBeaver

  Another GUI option is DBeaver. DBeaver is a free open source database tool that works with many different database management systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, Teradata, Firebird, Derby, etc).

  You have a few options for installing DBeaver. The easiest way is to download the 'installer option', and then run the installation wizard.

MySQL Workbench is a graphical user interface tool used for the MySQL database management. Mainly, this tool is used by database architects, administrators, and database developers to visualize the design of the database.

MySQL Workbench provides various features in which visual SQL development, connection management, database migration, visual DB administration, and data modelling are included. It is a cross-platform software that can be installed on various operating environments such as Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. MySQL Workbench has three different editions, community, standard, and enterprise. The community edition is open-source. Therefore, it can be used for personal use.

In this article, we will discuss how you can install MySQL workbench on Ubuntu20.04 using the command line. Let’s start!

Installation of MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu 20.04

You can install MySQL workbench using the following two ways:

1. Using the apt repository
2. Install MySQL workbench using Deb packages

Using the apt repository

You need to perform the below-mentioned steps to install MySQL workbench on your Ubuntu system.

Step 1: Download configuration file from the apt repository

Using this method, you can install MySQL from the official apt repository. For this purpose, download the repository configuration file from the given URL https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/apt/. When you browse this URL, it will take you directly on the download page from where you will download ‘mysql-apt-config_0.8.15-1_all.deb’ repo configuration file. Click on the Download option.

On the next page, it will ask you either you want to register or log in. If you don’t want to select these options then, click ‘No thanks, just start my download’ link to download the required package to your system’s local directory.

The following dialogue box will appear on the system. Choose the Save File option and select the location where you want to save the download. Otherwise, by default, it will be saved into your system Downloads.

Check the downloaded configuration file in the particular directory. To do that, navigate into the Downloads using the following command and list files.

Step 2: Configuration of MySQL apt config

Use the following command to add MySQL repository URLs in the apt sources list so that you can install the software on your Ubuntu 20.04 system.

During the installation, you will be asked to choose the version of MySQL. Here, it is preselected. Therefore, select OK by navigating the down arrow key and then hit ‘Enter’ from your keyboard.

After that, it will further complete the installation process.

Step 3: Update apt-cache

Update the apt cache using the following command to update the configuration URLs.

Step 4: Installing MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu 20.04

Now, it’s time to install MySQL workbench using the apt repository. To do that, execute the following command to install MySQL workbench.

Step 5: Launch MySQL Workbench

Once the installation is complete, you will finally launch the MySQL Workbench on your system. You can launch it using the terminal by typing the following command:

You can also launch MySQL Workbench from the application launcher as follows:

Click on the displaying MySQL workbench icon. You will see the following interface on your Ubuntu system.

Install MySQL workbench using Deb packages

You can also download the MySQL workbench directly from SQL official website. Then, you can install it with the help of the following method:

Step 1:

Download the MySQL workbench using the following URL https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/. Now, you will choose the following options manually.

1. Choose ‘Ubuntu Linux’ operating system.

2. Choose the operating system version; here, we are selecting ‘Ubuntu Linux 20.04 (x86, 64-bit)’ according to our system specifications.

3. Click on ‘Download’

4. On the next window, you will select ‘No thanks, just start my download‘ to download the deb packages into your local directory.

Step 2:

Once the download is completed, now navigate into ‘Downloads’ and issue the following command to install the deb packages with all its dependencies.

Step 3: Launch the MySQL workbench on your Ubuntu system.

That’s all about the installation of MySQL workbench on Ubuntu 20.04.

Launch Mysql Mac Terminal

Uninstall MySQL Workbench

If you don’t want to use this tool further, then you can remove MySQL workbench from your Ubuntu system using the following command.

Conclusion

How To Launch Mysql Mac

In this article, you have learned how to install MySQL workbench on Ubuntu 20.04 system using the terminal commands. Moreover, you have learned how to add an apt configuration file into the source list. Further, you can explore the use of MySQL workbench and SQL commands. I hope this article will help you in the future.