MySql portable version

Question

anyone know a portable version of mysql?

I know xampp but it comes with PHP and Apache together

anyone know how to isolate the mysql?

Answer 1

Created a portable configuration at https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-server-portable/

You should put your my.cnf or my.ini in a different directory than your data directory.

You will then need to initialize your portable version,

"\mysql-5.7.30-winx64\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="\mysql-5.7.30-winx64\config\my.ini" --standalone --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp --initialize

then you can start your portable version,

"\mysql-5.7.30-winx64\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="\mysql-5.7.30-winx64\config\my.ini" --standalone --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp