Rundeck Database Migration From H2 to MySql

Step 1 – Install mySql Server

Step 2 – Create rundeck db and rundeckuser and set their permissing

$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database rundeck;
mysql> grant ALL on rundeck.* to 'rundeckuser'@'localhost' identified by 'rundeckpassword';
$ mysql -u rundeckuser -p
mysql> show databases;

Step 3 – Configuring Rundeck to connect to mysql DB

Update your rundeck-config.properties file with settings from the following database list and restart Rundeck. This file is located in different locations depending on your installation method:

• RPM/DEB: /etc/rundeck/rundeck-config.properties
• WAR/Custom: $RDECK_BASE/server/config/rundeck-config.properties

Step 4 – Change Server URL of grails.serverUrl

The configuration option grails.serverUrl must be set properly. The value should match the URL users would use to access Rundeck(ie the URL they would enter into the browser).

For Docker this should be configured with the RUNDECK_GRAILS_URL environment variable.
For deb, rpm, and war this will be set as grails.serverUrl= in the rundeck-config.properties file

Step 5 – Copy MySQL JDBC Driver

To use the Oracle MySQL driver download it and copy it to the $RDECK_BASE/server/lib for war launcher or in /var/lib/rundeck/lib (create it) for RPM and DEB installations.

$ mkdir /var/lib/rundeck/lib
$ MYSQLJ_VERS=8.0.21
$ curl -L -o https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQLJ_VERS}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQLJ_VERS}.jar

Step 6 – restart Rundeck

$ sudo service rundeckd restart

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