2.1 Create MySQL User

Robotframework Historic uses custom user to fetch data from MySQL server those credentials are

• U: superuser
• P: passw0rd

By default above information wont be available in MySQL DB initially, users have to create it own. In this section will discuss on creating rfhistoric user with local and remote access to mysql

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Step 1: Create superuser account with localhost access

• Open command prompt (root to mysql: mysql -uroot -p123456)

• Create user with localhost access (type following query and hit enter)

  CREATE USER 'superuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'passw0rd';

• Grant localhost access to above user (type following query and hit enter)

  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'superuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

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Step 2: Create superuser account with remote access

• Open command prompt (root to mysql: mysql -uroot -p123456)

• Create user with localhost access (type following query and hit enter)

  CREATE USER 'superuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'passw0rd';

• Grant localhost access to above user (type following query and hit enter)

  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'superuser'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

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Step 3: Reload Grant table

• Open command prompt (root to mysql: mysql -uroot -p123456)

• Create user with localhost access (type following query and hit enter)

  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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You have successfully created superuser with remote and localhost access (which required for robotframework-historic)