How to use Etherpad Lite with MySQL

1. Connect to mysql by opening a command prompt and typing the following: mysql -u root -p
2. Once logged in, issue the following command to create the database: create database `etherpad-lite`;
3. Grant permissions to a new database account. Replace <user> and <password> with your own values. grant all privileges on `etherpad-lite`.* to '<user>'@'localhost' identified by '<password>';
4. Leave the mysql client exit
5. Edit settings.json in your Etherpad Lite root folder and change the database settings (if you have a non-default port configured for MySQL you will have to add the "port" setting).
6. Run etherpad lite
7. Exit etherpad-lite, connect again to mysql and run:

ALTER DATABASE `etherpad-lite` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;

USE `etherpad-lite`;

ALTER TABLE `store` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;

Example MySQL Socket Config.

"dbType" : "mysql",
"dbSettings" : {
    "user"    : "user",
    "port"    : "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock",
    "password": "secret",
    "database": "database"
}