How to use Etherpad Lite with MySQL

1. Connect to mysql by opening a command prompt and typing the following: mysql -u root -p
2. Once logged in, issue the following command to create the database: create database `etherpad-lite`;
3. Grant permissions to a new database account. Replace <user> and <password> with your own values. grant CREATE,ALTER,SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE on `etherpad-lite`.* to '<user>'@'localhost' identified by '<password>';
4. Leave the mysql client exit
5. Edit settings.json in your Etherpad Lite root folder and change the database settings (if you have a non-default port configured for MySQL you will have to add the "port" setting). It is strongly encouraged to set the option "charset" to "utf8mb4".
6. Run etherpad lite

Example MySQL Socket Config.

"dbType" : "mysql",
"dbSettings" : {
    "user"    : "user",
    "port"    : "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock",
    "password": "secret",
    "database": "database",
    "charset" : "utf8mb4"
}