Configuring database servers

This article describes how you can change your database server.

Spryker supports MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL as database servers. By default, the virtual machine is configured to use the MariaDB database server, but you can easily switch to PostgreSQL.

To configure the database server you want to use, you have to keep in mind these constants and use them in the corresponding configuration file:

The configuration files are placed under the config/Shared/ folder. For example, config/Shared/config_default-development.php is the configuration file for the development environment.

Using MySQL or MariaDB as a DB Server

 <?php

$config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_ENGINE] = $config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_ENGINE_MYSQL];
$config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_PORT] = 3306;

Using PostgreSQL as a DB Server

<?php

$config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_ENGINE] = $config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_ENGINE_PGSQL];
$config[PropelConstants::ZED_DB_PORT] = 5432;

Creating the database

To create or update the database configuration, run the installation tool using this command:

vendor/bin/install

If the application is already installed on your virtual machine and you switch to a different database server, you can also run:

vendor/bin/install

Use the -h option to see the help page for this command.