- 1 MySQL Workbench Introduction
- 2 MySQL Workbench Editions
- 3 Installing and Launching MySQL Workbench
- 4 Getting Started Tutorial
- 5 The Home Screen
- 6 SQL Development
- 7 Data Modeling
- 8 Server Administration
- 9 The Workbench Scripting Shell
- 10 Plugins
- 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
- 12 MySQL Workbench FAQ
- A MySQL Workbench Change History
Table of Contents [+/-]
Since version 5.2.6 MySQL Workbench has included functionality for managing server instances. A server instance is created to provide a way of connecting to a server to be managed. The first step then is to create a server instance if none exists, or to work with an existing server instance.
MySQL Workbench also provides functionality to administer and configure a server via these server instances. Thus, the Server Administrator functionality can be broadly grouped into two main areas:
Creating and managing server instances
Administration and configuration functions via a server instance
Each of these broad areas is each discussed in more detail in the following sections.
