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Working with MSSQL
In this hands-on lab, we have been tasked with installing and configuring an MSSQL Express server on CentOS 7. Once this is done, we will set up the server instance for use by the development teams.

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Challenge
Install the express version of MSSQL and the necessary tools onto the provided CentOS 7 server.
- Add the repo for the
mssql-server
and install:
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/mssql-server-2017.repo
sudo yum install -y mssql-server
- Run the configuration and select the Express edition:
sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup
- Add the repo for the
mssql-tools
and install:
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/msprod.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo
sudo yum install -y mssql-tools unixODBC-devel
- Export the
tools
path:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin
- Add the repo for the
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Challenge
Restore the Adventure Works database and validate that "Kevin Perry" is a contact.
- Download the backup:
wget https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/download/adventureworks/AdventureWorksDW2017.bak
- Copy it to
/var/opt/mssql
:
sudo cp AdventureWorksDW2017.bak /var/opt/mssql
- Connect to the instance with SQLCMD using the password you specified.
sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P 'YourAwesomePassword!'
- Restore the database:
restore database AdventureWorksDW2017 from disk = '/var/opt/mssql/AdventureWorksDW2017.bak' with move 'AdventureWorksDW2017' to '/var/opt/mssql/data/AdventureWorksDW2017.mdf', move 'AdventureWorksDW2017_log' to '/var/opt/mssql/data/AdventureWorksDW2017.ldf' GO
- Validate that "Kevin Perry" is in 'Contacts':
use AdventureWorksDW2017
select FirstName,LastName from DimCustomer where FirstName='Kevin' AND LastName='Perry'
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