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Johan Wikman 2016-09-21 13:53:15 +03:00
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Documentation/Getting-Started/Install-MariaDB-MaxScale-Using-a-Tarball.md
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The required steps are as follows:
$ cd maxscale
$ sudo chown -R maxscale var
Creating the symbolic link is necessary, since MariaDB MaxScale has been built with with the assumption that its base-directory, that is, the directory under which all its sub-directories are found, is `/usr/local/maxscale`.
Creating the symbolic link is necessary, since MariaDB MaxScale has been built with with the assumption that the plugin directory is `/usr/local/maxscale/lib/maxscale`.
The symbolic link also makes it easy to switch between different versions of MariaDB MaxScale that have been installed side by side in `/usr/local`; just make the symbolic link point to another installation.
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If you want to place the configuration file somewhere else but in `/etc` you can invoke MariaDB MaxScale with the `--config` flag, for instance, `--config=/usr/local/maxscale/etc/maxscale.cnf`.
Note also that if you want to keep _everything_ under `/usr/local/maxscale` you can invoke MariaDB MaxScale using the flag `--basedir`.
$ sudo bin/maxscale --user=maxscale --basedir=/usr/local/maxscale -d
That will cause MariaDB MaxScale to look for its configuration file in `/usr/local/maxscale/etc` and to store all runtime files under `/usr/local/maxscale/var`.
## Installing in any Directory
Enter a directory where you have the right to create a subdirectory. Then do as follows.