How to upgrade to MySQL 8

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There’s a couple of existing guides:

Debian Stable: Upgrade MariaDB to Mysql8

So there are a other posts showing how to upgrade MariaDB to MySQL8 on Ubuntu etc. This one is focused on upgrading from MariaDB on Debian Stable - aka Bullseye. June 2022. Hopefully you found https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-apt-repo-quick-guide/en/ and understand how to get MySQL8 onto a Debian host. Basically, you install the community mysql-apt-config package, which will update your sources.list to find the MySQL8 Community repo with packages and security updates etc. This is way better tha…

(ignore the nginx part)

How to install Ghost CMS on my VPS

Okay, so you’re not set up properly. This is what I would like you to do. Take your time and don’t miss a step. If you encounter any errors, stop, and post here. sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default sudo systemctl stop mariadb sudo apt purge mariadb-* Confirm you uninstalled MariaDB, by executing the following. If successful, there will be no output. sudo dpkg -l | grep mariadb Now we will remove all traces of MySQL. sudo apt purge mysql-* Once again, let’s check that this worked. sud…