Bash - Database Setup

Description

Handles initial install and setup of various database types.

Supported Databases

MySQL

One of the most common types of Database. Recommended for anyone wanting to learn how to use a database.

MariaDB

An open source fork of MySQL, made by some of the same developers.

Is a viable alternative, and for some OS's, the prefered install choice.

Notes

MySQL & utf8

It turns out that MySQL's utf8 encoding isn't actually what is generally recognized as utf8.

To get proper utf8, use MySQL's utf8mb4 encoding. See this link for details.