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nixos/piwik: clarifies setup documentation

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The piwki setup documentation as it stands has two issues:
- the `ALTER USER root` line does not work with MariaDB or MySQL 5.5
- the auth plugin details vary between MariaDB and MySQL
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Dave Laing 2017-08-01 09:23:02 +10:00
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and enter those credentials in your browser. and enter those credentials in your browser.
You can use passwordless database authentication via the UNIX_SOCKET authentication plugin You can use passwordless database authentication via the UNIX_SOCKET authentication plugin
with the following SQL commands: with the following SQL commands:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
# For MariaDB
INSTALL PLUGIN unix_socket SONAME 'auth_socket'; INSTALL PLUGIN unix_socket SONAME 'auth_socket';
ALTER USER root IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket;
CREATE DATABASE piwik; CREATE DATABASE piwik;
CREATE USER 'piwik'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket; CREATE USER 'piwik'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH unix_socket;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON piwik.* TO 'piwik'@'localhost';
# For MySQL
INSTALL PLUGIN auth_socket SONAME 'auth_socket.so';
CREATE DATABASE piwik;
CREATE USER 'piwik'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH auth_socket;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON piwik.* TO 'piwik'@'localhost'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON piwik.* TO 'piwik'@'localhost';
</programlisting> </programlisting>
Then fill in <literal>piwik</literal> as database user and database name, and leave the password field blank. Then fill in <literal>piwik</literal> as database user and database name, and leave the password field blank.
This works with MariaDB and MySQL. This authentication works by allowing only the <literal>piwik</literal> unix This authentication works by allowing only the <literal>piwik</literal> unix user to authenticate as the
user to authenticate as <literal>piwik</literal> database (without needing a password), but no other users. <literal>piwik</literal> database user (without needing a password), but no other users.
For more information on passwordless login, see For more information on passwordless login, see
<link xlink:href="https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/unix_socket-authentication-plugin/" />. <link xlink:href="https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/unix_socket-authentication-plugin/" />.
</para> </para>