2.3.3 MySQL Installer for Windows

2.3.3 MySQL Installer for Windows

MySQL Installer is a standalone application designed to ease the complexity of
installing and configuring MySQL products that run on Microsoft
Windows. It is downloaded with and supports the following MySQL
products:

  • MySQL Servers

    MySQL Installer can install and manage multiple, separate MySQL server
    instances on the same host at the same time. For example, MySQL Installer
    can install, configure, and upgrade separate instances of MySQL
    5.7 and MySQL 8.0 on the same host. MySQL Installer does not permit server
    upgrades between major and minor version numbers, but does
    permit upgrades within a release series (such as 8.0.21 to
    8.0.22).

    Note

    MySQL Installer cannot install both Community and
    Commercial releases of MySQL server on
    the same host. If you require both releases on the same host,
    consider using the
    ZIP
    archive distribution to install one of the releases.

  • MySQL Applications

    MySQL Workbench, MySQL Shell, MySQL Router, and MySQL for Visual Studio.

  • MySQL Connectors

    MySQL Connector/NET, MySQL Connector/Python, MySQL Connector/ODBC, MySQL Connector/J, and MySQL Connector/C++. To install
    MySQL Connector/Node.js, see
    https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/nodejs/.

Installation Requirements

MySQL Installer requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later. If this
version is not installed on the host computer, you can download it
by visiting the
Microsoft
website.

To invoke MySQL Installer after a successful installation:

  1. Right-click Windows Start, select
    Run, and then click
    Browse. Navigate to Program
    Files (x86) > MySQL > MySQL Installer for Windows
    to
    open the program folder.

  2. Select one of the following files:

    • MySQLInstaller.exe to open the
      graphical application.

    • MySQLInstallerConsole.exe to open the
      command-line application.

  3. Click Open and then click
    OK in the Run window. If you are prompted
    to allow the application to make changes to the device, select
    Yes.

Each time you invoke MySQL Installer, the initialization process looks for the
presence of an internet connection and prompts you to enable offline
mode if it finds no internet access (and offline mode is disabled).
Select Yes to run MySQL Installer without
internet-connection capabilities. MySQL product availability is
limited to only those products currently in the product cache when
you enable offline mode. To download MySQL products, click the
offline mode Disable quick action shown on
the dashboard.

An internet connection is required to download a manifest containing
metadata for the latest MySQL products that are not part of a full
bundle. MySQL Installer attempts to download the manifest when you start the
application for the first time and then periodically in configurable
intervals (see MySQL Installer
options). Alternatively, you can retrieve an updated manifest
manually by clicking Catalog in the
MySQL Installer dashboard.

Note

If the first-time or subsequent manifest download is unsuccessful,
an error is logged and you may have limited access to MySQL
products during your session. MySQL Installer attempts to download the
manifest with each startup until the initial manifest structure is
updated. For help finding a product, see
Locating Products to Install.

MySQL Installer Community Release

Download software from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
to install the Community release of all MySQL products for Windows.
Select one of the following MySQL Installer package options:

  • Web: Contains MySQL Installer and configuration files
    only. The web package option downloads only the MySQL products
    you select to install, but it requires an internet connection
    for each download. The size of this file is approximately 2 MB.
    The file name has the form
    mysql-installer-community-web-VERSION.N.msi
    in which VERSION is the MySQL server
    version number such as 8.0 and
    N is the package number, which begins at 0.

  • Full or Current Bundle: Bundles all of the
    MySQL products for Windows (including the MySQL server). The
    file size is over 300 MB, and the name has the form
    mysql-installer-community-VERSION.N.msi
    in which VERSION is the MySQL Server
    version number such as 8.0 and
    N is the package number, which begins at 0.

MySQL Installer Commercial Release

Download software from https://edelivery.oracle.com/
to install the Commercial release (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
of MySQL products for Windows. If you are logged in to your My
Oracle Support (MOS) account, the Commercial release includes all of
the current and previous GA versions available in the Community
release, but it excludes development-milestone versions. When you
are not logged in, you see only the list of bundled products that
you downloaded already.

The Commercial release also includes the following products:

  • Workbench SE/EE

  • MySQL Enterprise Backup

  • MySQL Enterprise Firewall

The Commercial release integrates with your MOS account. For
knowledge-base content and patches, see
My Oracle Support.