Configure MySQL for ownCloud
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Before you can use MySQL as database backend, you need to follow a couple of steps:

1. make sure that your mysql service is configured and running properly
2. log in to mysql as privileged user to create the database and a dedicated user account for ownCloud:
mysql -u root -p
 CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS owncloud;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owncloud.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Choose identifier and password accordingly.

Now you can launch the ownCloud setup screen, select MySQL in the advanced settings and fill in your credentials.