The next step is to prepare an enterprise database for your Jira installation. Jira requires a fresh database. If, during the installation process, Jira detects that the target database already contains data, it will not proceed. If you already have a database system installed, then you may skip this section.
To install MySQL, simply perform the following steps:
- Download MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads, select MySQL Community Server, and then select the MSI installer for Windows.
At the time of writing, the latest version of MySQL is 5.7.13.
- Double-click on the downloaded installation file to start the installation wizard.
- Click on Install MySQL Products on the welcome screen.
- Read and accept the license agreement and click on the Next button.
- Select the Server only option on the next screen. If you are an experienced database administrator, you can choose to customize your installation. Otherwise, just accept the default values for all subsequent screens.
- Configure the MySQL root user password. The username will be root. Do not lose this password, as we will be using it in the next section.
- Complete the configuration wizard by accepting the default values.