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Microsoft SQL Server Setup Configuration

Microsoft SQL Server Setup Configuration

Database Сontainer Launch

The container is started using the docker command with the appropriate settings:

docker run --name mssql-2019 --volume /opt/mssql2019/dbdata:/var/opt/mssql/data -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "SA_PASSWORD={STRONG_PASSWORD}" -p 1436:1433 -u root -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest

Here's a breakdown of each parameter:

  • --name mssql-2019 sets the container name to "mssql-2019", which includes the database type (mssql) and version (2019).

  • --volume /opt/mssql2019/dbdata:/var/opt/mssql/data sets the container volume, which is used to save data if the container is restarted or rebuilt. The external folder where our data will be stored is "/opt/mssql2019/dbdata", and the internal folder where we want to save the data is "/var/opt/mssql/data". More information on container volumes can be found in the corresponding Docker manual page.

Note: If Docker installed on Windows, plese create appropiate directory (e. g. C:\Temp\mssql\data) befor running command --volume "C:\Temp\mssql\data:/var/opt/mssql/data"

  • -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" accepts the end user license agreement.

  • -e "SA_PASSWORD={STRONG_PASSWORD}" sets the superuser password for SQL Server, which is a required container variable.

Note: A strong password must be more than 8 characters in length and satisfy at least three of the following four criteria: contain uppercase letters; lowercase letters; numbers; non-alphanumeric characters.

  • -p 1436:1433 sets the port that will provide access to the container. In this case, the external port on which the container will be available is 1436.

Before deploying a container to a specific port, you need to ensure that this port is free and not used by other containers. You can use docker ps -a to view all running and stopped containers.

  • 1433 sets the port on which the database is accessible inside the container. Thus, we forward requests from an external port to an open port inside the container.

  • -u root runs the container as the root user, which is necessary for the database to generate files correctly.

  • -d -(“detach”) runs the container in the background.

  • mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest specifies the SQL Server image that exists on the Docker Hub with the corresponding version.

After executing this command, you should see a result console indicating that the container has been started successfully:

Launching The Database Console

To launch the bash console of a docker container, use the following command:

docker exec -it mssql-2019 /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U "sa" -P "{STRONG_PASSWORD}"

This command will log you into the console of the container, and you will see the following output:

Setting Up The Database and Access Mode

To configure the database, we need to execute a series of SQL queries.

First, let's create a database to store Jira's data:

CREATE DATABASE exportdb COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CI_AI GO

Next, let's create a login that will provide access to the database for Jira:

Note that {STRONG_USER_PASSWORD} is the password we will use to configure the Jira instance later.

Now, let's create a user for the database that will use the login we just created:

Next, we need to add the created user to the appropriate roles that will determine their accessibility:

Finally, let's create a schema that Jira will use:

We will then give the user permission to work with the corresponding schema:

After executing these commands, you will see the following output in the console:

To exit the console, type exit.

Now, we can check if we have configured our database correctly by attempting to connect to it.


Read our step-by-step guide on how to export Jira data to Microsoft SQL Server in our blog

https://www.alphaservesp.com/blog/jira-sql-integration-how-to-connect-jira-to-sql-with-sql-connector-for-jira

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