13.2. Create the Telemetry Alarming Service Database

Create the database and database user used by the Telemetry Alarming service. All steps in this procedure must be performed on the database server, while logged in as the root user.

Procedure 13.1. Creating the Telemetry Alarming Service Database

  1. Connect to the database service: 
    # mysql -u root -p
  2. Create the aodh database: 
    mysql> CREATE DATABASE aodh;
  3. Create an aodh database user and grant the user access to the aodh database: 
    mysql> GRANT ALL ON aodh.* TO 'aodh'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'AODH_PASSWORD';
mysql> GRANT ALL ON aodh.* TO 'aodh'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'AODH_PASSWORD';
    Replace AODH_PASSWORD with a secure password that will be used to authenticate with the database server as this user.
  4. Exit the mysql client: 
    mysql> quit