Here I’ll show you how to get SQL Server up and running on your Mac in less than half an hour. And the best part is, you’ll have SQL Server running locally without needing any virtualization software.
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Prior to SQL Server 2017, if you wanted to run SQL Server on your Mac, you first had to create a virtual machine (using VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or Bootcamp), then install Windows onto that VM, then finally SQL Server. This is still a valid option depending on your requirements (here’s how to install SQL Server on a Mac with VirtualBox if you’d like to try that method).
Starting with SQL Server 2017, you can now install SQL Server directly on to a Linux machine. And because macOS is Unix based (and Linux is Unix based), you can run SQL Server for Linux on your Mac. The way to do this is to run SQL Server on Docker.
So let’s go ahead and install Docker. Then we’ll download and install SQL Server.
Install Docker
Download the (free) Docker Community Edition for Mac (unless you’ve already got it installed on your system). This will enable you to run SQL Server from within a Docker container.To download, visit the Docker CE for Mac download page and click Get Docker.To install, double-click on the .dmg file and then drag the Docker.app icon to your Application folder.What is Docker?
Docker is a platform that enables software to run in its own isolated environment. SQL Server (from 2017) can be run on Docker in its own isolated container. Once Docker is installed, you simply download — or “pull” — the SQL Server on Linux Docker Image to your Mac, then run it as a Docker container. This container is an isolated environment that contains everything SQL Server needs to run.Launch Docker
Launch Docker the same way you’d launch any other application (eg, via the Applications folder, the Launchpad, etc).When you open Docker, you might be prompted for your password so that Docker can install its networking components and links to the Docker apps. Go ahead and provide your password, as Docker needs this to run.Increase the Memory
By default, Docker will have 2GB of memory allocated to it. SQL Server needs at least 3.25GB. To be safe, increase it to 4GB if you can.To do this:- Select Preferences from the little Docker icon in the top menu
- Slide the memory slider up to at least 4GB
- Click Apply & Restart
Download SQL Server
Now that Docker is installed and its memory has been increased, we can download and install SQL Server for Linux.Open a Terminal window and run the following command.This downloads the latest SQL Server 2019 for Linux Docker image to your computer.You can also check for the latest container version on the Docker website if you wish.Update: When I first wrote this article, I used the following image:Which downloaded SQL Server 2017. Therefore, the examples below reflect that version.Launch the Docker Image
Run the following command to launch an instance of the Docker image you just downloaded:But of course, use your own name and password. Also, if you downloaded a different Docker image, replacemicrosoft/mssql-server-linux
with the one you downloaded.Here’s an explanation of the parameters:-d
This optional parameter launches the Docker container in daemon mode. This means that it runs in the background and doesn’t need its own Terminal window open. You can omit this parameter to have the container run in its own Terminal window. --name sql_server_demo
Another optional parameter. This parameter allows you to name the container. This can be handy when stopping and starting your container from the Terminal. -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y'
The Y
shows that you agree with the EULA (End User Licence Agreement). This is required in order to have SQL Server for Linux run on your Mac.-e 'SA_PASSWORD=reallyStrongPwd123'
Required parameter that sets the sa
database password.-p 1433:1433
This maps the local port 1433 to port 1433 on the container. This is the default TCP port that SQL Server uses to listen for connections. microsoft/mssql-server-linux
This tells Docker which image to use. If you downloaded a different one, use it instead. Password Strength
If you get the following error at this step, try again, but with a stronger password.I received this error when usingreallyStrongPwd
as the password (but of course, it’s not a really strong password!). I was able to overcome this by adding some numbers to the end. However, if it wasn’t just a demo I’d definitely make it stronger than a few dictionary words and numbers.Check the Docker container (optional)
You can type the following command to check that the Docker container is running.If it’s up and running, it should return something like this:Install sql-cli (unless already installed)
Run the following command to install the sql-cli command line tool. This tool allows you to run queries and other commands against your SQL Server instance.This assumes you have NodeJs installed. If you don’t, download it from Nodejs.org first. Installing NodeJs will automatically install npm which is what we use in this command to install sql-cli.Permissions Error?
If you get an error, and part of it reads something likePlease try running this command again as root/Administrator
, try again, but this time prependsudo
to your command:Connect to SQL Server
Now that sql-cli is installed, we can start working with SQL Server via the Terminal window on our Mac.Connect to SQL Server using themssql
command, followed by the username and password parameters.You should see something like this:This means you’ve successfully connected to your instance of SQL Server.Run a Quick Test
Run a quick test to check that SQL Server is up and running and you can query it.For example, you can run the following command to see which version of SQL Server your running:If it’s running, you should see something like this (but of course, this will depend on which version you’re running):If you see a message like this, congratulations — SQL Server is now up and running on your Mac!
A SQL Server GUI for your Mac – Azure Data Studio
Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio) is a free GUI management tool that you can use to manage SQL Server on your Mac. You can use it to create and manage databases, write queries, backup and restore databases, and more.
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Azure Data Studio is available on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Here are some articles/tutorials I’ve written for Azure Data Studio:
Another Free SQL Server GUI – DBeaver
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Another SQL Server GUI tool that you can use on your Mac (and Windows/Linux/Solaris) is DBeaver.
DBeaver is a free, open source database management tool that can be used on most database management systems (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Microsoft Access, Teradata, Firebird, Derby, and more).
I wrote a little introduction to DBeaver, or you can go straight to the DBeaver download page and try it out with your new SQL Server installation.
Limitations of SQL Server for Linux/Mac
SQL Server for Linux does have some limitations when compared to the Windows editions (although this could change over time). The Linux release doesn’t include many of the extra services that are available in the Windows release, such as Analysis Services, Reporting Services, etc. Here’s a list of what’s available and what’s not on SQL Server 2017 for Linux and here’s Microsoft’s list of Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2019 on Linux.
Another limitation is that SQL Server Management Studio is not available on Mac or Linux. SSMS a full-blown GUI management for SQL Server, and it provides many more features than Azure Data Studio and DBeaver (at least at the time of writing). You can still use SSMS on a Windows machine to connect to SQL Server on a Linux or Mac machine, but you just can’t install it locally on the Linux or Mac machine.
If you need any of the features not supported in SQL Server for Linux, you’ll need SQL Server for Windows. However, you can still run SQL Server for Windows on your Mac by using virtualization software. Here’s how to install SQL Server for Windows on a Mac using VirtualBox.
Install and configure a MySQL database
To install the database, you don't need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. If you run into any issues installing and configuring the database, look at the README.txt file that's included in the DMG Archive for some useful tips.
- Download MySQL Community Server 5.5 DMG Archive.
- Double-click the DMG Archive, and then double-click the .pkg file that starts with mysql-5.5. Follow the instructions to install the MySQL server.
- Double-click the MySQLStartupItem.pkg file, and follow the instructions in the setup wizard. The wizard installs the MySQL server as an auto-startup item.
- Double-click the MySQL.prefPane file. The file installs the MySQL control panel into the System Preferences app so that you can control the MySQL server.
- Open the System Preferences app, and perform the following actions:
- In the Other section, click the MySQL icon.
- Click Start MySQL server to start the server.
- At the bottom of the control panel, you can also configure the MySQL server to run automatically on startup.
- To make it easier to access the mysql and mysqladmin programs, you can change the PATH environment variable by performing the following actions:
- In a terminal window in your home directory, type the following command:
- Add the following statement to your existing PATH environment variable, or create a entry if a PATH variable isn't already defined:
- Close the current terminal window, and open a new one for the changes to the PATH variable to take effect.
- In the terminal window, type the following command to set the root password:
- Change some of the default configuration values for MySQL so that they're more suitable for the Push Service SDK by performing the following actions:
- In a terminal window, type the following commands to copy one of the sample MySQL configuration files so that you can modify it:
- Open the configuration file by typing the following command:
- Add the following statements to the [mysqld] section of the my.cnf file:The first statement configures the database so that it behaves like a traditional SQL database management system. The remaining statements configure the database so that it uses UTF-8 character encoding. If you want to use a case-insensitive collation instead of a case-sensitive one, change collation_server to utf8_unicode_ci.
- Copy the modified my.cnf file to /etc by typing the following command:
- Open the System Preferences app, and in the Other section, click the MySQL icon.
- Stop the MySQL server, and then start it again for the changes to take effect.
Create a server instance
- Download MySQL Workbench 5.2.
- On the Home screen for the MySQL Workbench, in the Server Administration section, click New Server Instance.
- Specify your root password by clicking Store In Keychain. Leave the remaining configuration values as they are.
- On the Create the Instance Profile screen, type the server instance name (for example, pushsdk).
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Create the database schema
- On the Home screen for the MySQL Workbench, in the SQL Development section, double-click the database connection that you created when you created the server instance for the database.
- Click the dummy database in the Schema section, and then right-click and select Create Schema.
- In the Name field, specify a name for the database schema (for example, pushsdk).
- In the Default Collation drop-down list, click utf8_bin for a case-sensitive collation type, or utf8_unicode_ci for a case-insensitive collation type.
- Click Apply twice.
- Click Close.
Create a user account for the database schema
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The user account that you set up in this task is the user account that you use to access the database tables in your server-side push initiator.
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- On the Home screen for the MySQL Workbench, in the Server Administration section, double-click the server instance that you created.
- On the Management panel on the left, click Users and Privileges.
- Click Add Account at the bottom.
- On the Login tab, and specify a login name and password for the user.
- In the Limit Connectivity to Hosts Matching field, type one or more names and host machines that the user can connect from (for example, localhost).
- Click Apply.
- On the Schema Privileges tab, in the Users column, click the user account that you created.
- Click Add Entry.
- In the Host section, select the Selected host option.
- In the Selected Host drop-down list, click the computer that you want to define the privileges for (for example, localhost).
- In the Schema section, select the Selected schema option.
- In the Selected schema list, click the database schema that you created and that you want to define the privileges for.
- Click OK.
- Select the newly created entry in the list, and click Select 'ALL' to assign the user all privileges for this database schema.
- Click Save Changes.
Create a connection to the database schema
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- On the Home screen for the MySQL Workbench, in the SQL Development section, click New Connection.
- In the Connection Name field, type a name for the connection.
- In the Hostname field, type the name of the computer that the server instance is installed on (for example, localhost).
- In the Port field, type 3306.
- In the Username field, type the name of the user that you created for the database schema.
- In the Password field, click Store in Keychain.
- Type the password of the user that you created for the database schema.
- In the Default Schema field, type the name of the database schema that you created.
- Click OK.