How to setup a mySQL (DSN) datasbase source in CentOS with myODBC and unixODBC command line.
Tue, 05/22/2007 - 2:58pm  Jeff
Setup guide is using the same hardware and CentOS install we used in our prior how to on Zenoss. I use the Zenoss database on the localhost but this can easly be changed for setting up a ODBC connection on a remote host machines useing any database.
This entire install process is done as root, so login to your server and lets get started.
Install myODBC and unixODBC as a dependency.
yum install mysql-connector-odbc
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
mysql-connector-odbc i386 3.51.12-2.2 base 142 k
Installing for dependencies:
unixODBC i386 2.2.11-7.1 base 832 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 973 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Print your config infomation.
odbcinst -j
unixODBC 2.2.11
DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
USER DATA SOURCES..: /root/.odbc.ini
Edit /etc/odbc.inst and /etc/odbcinst.ini
Below are my examples.
vi /etc/odbcinst.ini
[MySQL]
Description = ODBC for MySQL
Driver = /usr/lib/libmyodbc.so
Setup = /usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so
UsageCount = 2
[MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver]
Description = ODBC 3.51 for MySQL
DRIVER = /usr/lib/libmyodbc3.so
SETUP = /usr/lib/libmyodbc3S.so
UsageCount = 2
vi /etc/odbc.inst
[zenoss]
Driver = /usr/lib/libmyodbc3.so
SERVER = localhost
PORT = 3306
DATABASE = events
OPTION = 3
USER = root
PASSWORD = BlAh
Note: The PASSWORD: is the one we setup during our Zenoss installation and is REQUIRED because Splunk uses it to authenticate to the database.
Once you create your files and save them here is how you do the install.
Install driver
odbcinst -i -d -f /etc/odbcinst.ini
Install system DSN
odbcinst -i -s -l -f /etc/odbc.ini
Test your DSN install by lisinting your installed data sources.
odbcinst -s -q
[zenoss]
Test that you can connect to the database via the ODBC.
isql -v zenoss root BlAh
+---------------------------------------+
| Connected! |
| |
| sql-statement |
| help [tablename] |
| quit |
| |
+---------------------------------------+
SQL> quit
You are done. Here are some quick and dirty ways to fix some problem I had during the install.
I did not have libtool installed properly.
Install libtool
yum install libtool
edit lb.so.conf
Before the include I added
/opt/splunk/lib <---- I later commented this out.
/user/lib
Load the new ld.so.conf
ldconfig (you will not recive any confermation)
I also had a problem acidently loading user DSN so you can remove the user odbc.ini file or copy the one from /etc to the profile.
rm /home/name/.odbc.ini
How to remove a driver.
odbcinst -u -d -n zenoss
zenoss has been deleted (if it existed at all) because its usage count became zero.
How to remove a datasource.
odbcinst -u -s -l -n zenoss
odbcinst: DSN removed (if it existed at all). ODBC_BOTH_DSN was used as the search path.
Remeber if you change a odbc peramerter you need to install it again.
odbcinst -i -s -l -f /etc/odbc.ini
My next article will be how to setup Splunk to use the Zenoss myODBC connection as a datasource.