From f7f6bd3a3e4e93e0063f2d34f357c93634f1e57b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nodomain Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:56:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed mySQL config documentation (#1821) I just did not work with the description before. See also https://community.home-assistant.io/t/error-in-setting-up-recorder-with-mysql/7705/2 --- source/_components/recorder.markdown | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_components/recorder.markdown b/source/_components/recorder.markdown index 373b8144d0c..b6160e56763 100644 --- a/source/_components/recorder.markdown +++ b/source/_components/recorder.markdown @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ If you only want to hide events from e.g. your history, take a look at the [`his | Database engine | `db_url` | | :---------------|:---------------------------------------------------------| | SQLite | `sqlite:///PATH/TO/DB_NAME` | -| MySQL | `mysql://SERVER_IP/DB_NAME` | -| MySQL | `mysql://user:password@SERVER_IP/DB_NAME` | +| MySQL | `mysql+pymysql://SERVER_IP/DB_NAME` | +| MySQL           | `mysql+pymysql://user:password@SERVER_IP/DB_NAME`       | | PostgreSQL | `postgresql://SERVER_IP/DB_NAME` | | PostgreSQL | `postgresql://scott:tiger@SERVER_IP/DB_NAME` | @@ -105,8 +105,16 @@ For MySQL you may have to install a few dependencies: ```bash $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev -$ pip3 install mysqlclient +$ pip3 install pymysql ``` +If you are in a virtual environment, don't forget to activate it before installing the pymysql package. + +```bash +pi@homeassistant:~ $ sudo -i +root@homeassistant:~# su homeassistant +homeassistant@homeassistant:/root$ cd /srv/homeassistant/homeassistant_venv/ +homeassistant@homeassistant:/srv/homeassistant/homeassistant_venv$ source bin/activate +(homeassistant_venv) homeassistant@homeassistant:/srv/homeassistant/homeassistant_venv$ pip3 install pymysql ### {% linkable_title PostgreSQL %}