Install MySQL Workbench

Install MySQL Workbench

This article will walk you through the MySQL Workbench installation process.

Install MySQL Workbench

  1. Download MySQL Workbench, go to this website to download:
    MySQL :: Download MySQL Workbench
  2. Do not sign in or sign up for an Oracle account
    Click No thanks, just start my download
  3. Open the installer when it finishes downloading
  4. Click Next
  5. Click Next
  6. Select Complete
    Click Next
  7. Click Install
  8. Check Launch MySQL Workbench now
    Click Finish
  9. On the main dashboard, click + next to MySQL Connections to create a new connection
  10. Set the connection name to MySQL Local Server
    Hostname: localhost
    Port: 3306
    Username: root
    Click Test Connection
  11. Type in the password you created during the MySQL server installation
    Check Save password in vault
    Click OK
  12. Click Continue Anyway (We will perform a reverse engineer on our database to address this incompatibility)
  13. Click OK
  14. Click OK
  15. Now you can see the new connection MySQL Local Server
    Click on MySQL Local Server to open it

Reverse Engineer a Database

  1. Navigate to the Database tab
    Click on Reverse Engineer
  2. Select your Stored Connection which should be a Local instance, similar to the one below.
    Click Next
  3. Select the databases you want to reverse engineer
    Click Next, keep clicking Next until the end of the wizard

  4. Once the wizard is finished, close the MySQL Model* and EER Diagram tabs, and go back to the MySQL Local Server tab.
     


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