Install SQL Server 2019 on OL8

 Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-red-hat?view=sql-server-ver15

Commands:

sudo alternatives --config python

# If not configured, install python2 and openssl10 using the following commands: 

sudo yum install python2

sudo yum install compat-openssl10

# Configure python2 as the default interpreter using this command: 

sudo alternatives --config python

sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/8/mssql-server-2019.repo

sudo yum install -y mssql-server

sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/msprod.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/8/prod.repo

sudo yum install -y mssql-tools unixODBC-devel

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

Output for reference:

[root@ol8 ~]# sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

usermod: no changes

Choose an edition of SQL Server:

  1) Evaluation (free, no production use rights, 180-day limit)

  2) Developer (free, no production use rights)

  3) Express (free)

  4) Web (PAID)

  5) Standard (PAID)

  6) Enterprise (PAID) - CPU Core utilization restricted to 20 physical/40 hyperthreaded

  7) Enterprise Core (PAID) - CPU Core utilization up to Operating System Maximum

  8) I bought a license through a retail sales channel and have a product key to enter.

Details about editions can be found at

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2109348&clcid=0x409

Use of PAID editions of this software requires separate licensing through a

Microsoft Volume Licensing program.

By choosing a PAID edition, you are verifying that you have the appropriate

number of licenses in place to install and run this software.

Enter your edition(1-8): 2

The license terms for this product can be found in

/usr/share/doc/mssql-server or downloaded from:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2104294&clcid=0x409

The privacy statement can be viewed at:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=853010&clcid=0x409

Do you accept the license terms? [Yes/No]:Yes

Enter the SQL Server system administrator password:

Confirm the SQL Server system administrator password:

Configuring SQL Server...

ForceFlush is enabled for this instance.

ForceFlush feature is enabled for log durability.

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mssql-server.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/mssql-server.service.

Setup has completed successfully. SQL Server is now starting.

[root@ol8 ~]# systemctl status mssql-server

● mssql-server.service - Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mssql-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)

   Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-08-29 13:14:01 +08; 19s ago

     Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux

 Main PID: 94338 (sqlservr)

    Tasks: 142

   Memory: 645.6M

   CGroup: /system.slice/mssql-server.service

           ├─94338 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr

           └─94361 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr

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