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SQL Server on Linux
SQL Server on Linux

SQL Server on Linux: Configuring and administering your SQL Server solution on Linux

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SQL Server on Linux

Installation and Configuration

Linux's native working interface is the command line. Yes, KDE and GNOME are great graphic user interfaces however from a user's perspective, clicking is much easier than typing, but this observation is relative. Many Linux and Windows users will disagree with me; I am somewhere in the middle. GUI is something that changed the perception of modern IT and computer usage. Some tasks are very difficult without a mouse, but not impossible.

On the other hand, command line is something where you can solve some tasks quicker, more efficiently, and better than in GUI. You don't believe me? Imagine these situations and try to implement them through your favorite GUI tool:

  • From a folder of 1,000 files, copy only those which names start with letter A, end with letter Z, and end with TXT extension
  • Rename 100 files at the same time
  • Redirect console...

Bash, really quick start

Linux bash is going way beyond the scope of this book, but I will cover basic commands, which you may need in your daily work with SQL Server on Linux, such as creating folders, copying files, navigating through a tree of folders, deleting files and folders, listing content of folders and current position in the folder tree.

  • pwd
  • ls
  • cd
  • mkdir
  • cp
  • rm
  • rmdir

You can run the command line bash tool in many ways. Here, you can find two of the most common ways. Assuming that you have a KDE environment, click on K menu | System | Konsole.

Alternately, press Alt+Space and start typing Konsole. You will see at the top of the screen a menu with a list of tools, programs, files, and everything else that has the word Konsole in the name. Just choose Konsole Terminal as shown in the following screenshot and press Enter:

Figure 2-1. Choosing Konsole Terminal option...

SQL Server installation on openSUSE

The following installation procedure is the same for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v12 SP2 (SLES), which is officially supported by the Microsoft Corporation. My example is based on openSUSE Leap 42.2.

Another remark is that the installation is based on the SQL Server vNext CTP 1.3 RC1 set of versions, which were actual at the time of writing this book. The installation procedure is command line-based. It means that you will be required to use bash. openSUSE and Kubuntu use the same bash client, Konsole.

If you want to start installation on openSUSE or SLES, you will need minimum 3.25GB of memory to run the SQL Server on Linux. The file system must be XFS or EXT4.

Following are the steps to install SQL Server on Linux on openSUSE:

  1. First of all, you will need to add the mssql-server package to your distribution with the following two...

SQL Server installation on Kubuntu

The installation procedure on Kubuntu is identical to that in Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10, which are officially supported by Microsoft. Kubuntu and Ubuntu share the same version numbering. My installation example is based on Kubuntu 16.10.

The whole installation procedure is command line-based. It means that you will be required to use bash.

If you want to start installation, you will need minimum 3.25GB of memory to run SQL Server on Linux.

The following are the steps to install SQL Server on Linux on Kubuntu:

  1. The first step is to add GPG keys and register SQL Server Ubuntu repository:
        # curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
# curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server.list | sudo tee
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-server.list
  1. Run the following two commands to...

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to start interacting with Linux through the bash command-line utility. This is enough to finish all command line tasks that you will find in this book regarding SQL Server. A more detailed approach was on the installation procedure of SQL Server on Linux (openSUSE and Kubuntu distros).

In the next chapter, we'll take a look to the SQL Server architecture and some internals that are different compared with SQL Server on Windows.

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Key benefits

  • Design and administer your SQL Server solution on the open source Linux platform
  • Install, configure, and fine-tune your database application for maximum performance
  • An easy-to-follow guide teaching you how to implement various SQL Server CTP 2.x offerings on Linux—from installation to administration

Description

Microsoft's launch of SQL Server on Linux has made SQL Server a truly versatile platform across different operating systems and data-types, both on-premise and on-cloud. This book is your handy guide to setting up and implementing your SQL Server solution on the open source Linux platform. You will start by understanding how SQL Server can be installed on supported and unsupported Linux distributions. Then you will brush up your SQL Server skills by creating and querying database objects and implementing basic administration tasks to support business continuity, including security and performance optimization. This book will also take you beyond the basics and highlight some advanced topics such as in-memory OLTP and temporal tables. By the end of this book, you will be able to recognize and utilize the full potential of setting up an efficient SQL Server database solution in your Linux environment.

Who is this book for?

This book is for the Linux users who want to learn SQL Server on their favorite Linux distributions. It is not important if you are experienced database user or a beginner as we are starting from scratch. However, it is recommended that you have basic knowledge about relational models. More advanced readers can pick the chapters of their interest and study specific topics immediately. Users from Windows platform can also benefit from this book to expand their frontiers and become equally efficient on both platforms.

What you will learn

  • Install and set up SQL Server CTP 2.x on Linux
  • Create and work with database objects using SQL Server on Linux
  • Configure and administer SQL Server on Linux-based systems
  • Create and restore database back-ups
  • Protect sensitive data using the built-in cryptographic features
  • Optimize query execution using indexes
  • Improve query execution time by more than 10x using in-memory OLTP
  • Track row-versioning using temporal tables

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
Linux Distributions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installation and Configuration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
SQL Server Basics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Database in the Sandbox Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sample Databases Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
A Crash Course in Querying Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Backup and Recovery Operations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
User Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing Data Protection Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Indexing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
In-Memory OLTP Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Beyond SQL Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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