Installing MySQL Foreign Data Wrapper on AlmaLinux 8 or Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 v2

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process:

  • Install EDB Postgres Advanced Server on the same host. See Installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server.

  • Set up the repository Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you have already set up your repository, you do not need to perform this step.

    To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories and follow the instructions provided there.

  • Install the EPEL repository

    sudo dnf -y install epel-release
  • Enable additional repositories to resolve dependencies

    sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools

Install the package

sudo dnf -y install edb-as<xx>-mysql<y>-fdw

Where <xx> is the version of EDB Postgres Advanced server and <y> is the version of MySQL to be installed. For example if EDB Postgres Version is 13 and MySQL version is 8 then the package name is edb-as13-mysql8-fdw.