start/stop/restart the server:

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server [start/stop/restart]

Create user syntax:

CREATE USER ‘user’@'host’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

1) Install mysql via ports.

cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-server
make install clean 

2) Run the mysql install script:

/usr/local/bin/mysql_install_db

3) Give ownership of the mysql directory to user mysql:

chown -R mysql /var/db/mysql
chgrp -R mysql /var/db/mysql 

4) Set mysql server root password:

/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root password PASSWORD

Starting mysql server on system startup:

1) Edit /etc/rc.conf, adding:

mysql_enable=”YES”

1) Install via ports by running ‘make install clean’ in /usr/ports/www/apache22.

2) Modify the apache configuration file found at /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf.

The primary fields of focus within the configuration file are

• ServerRoot
• ServerName
• ServerAdmin
• DocumentRoot

3) Start the webserver via the ‘apachectl’ command. Check the manpages for more information.

[warn] (2)No such file or directory: Failed to enable the ‘httpready’ Accept Filter

In the event that the above warning is received, add the following to /boot/loader.conf in order to override the defaults (located in /boot/defaults/):

accf_http_load=”YES”
accf_dta_load=”YES”

4) To launch apache on system startup, modify /etc/rc.conf to include:

apache22_enable=”YES”

For older version of apache, include:

apache_enable=”YES”

5) Modify the default page, which can be found at /usr/local/www/apache22/data/index.html.