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title Install SQL Server on Ubuntu - SQL Server vNext CTP1 | Microsoft Docs
description
author rothja
ms.author jroth
manager jhubbard
ms.date 11/18/2016
ms.topic article
ms.prod sql-linux
ms.technology database-engine
ms.assetid 31c8c92e-12fe-4728-9b95-4bc028250d85

Install SQL Server on Ubuntu

This topic provides a walkthrough of how to install SQL Server vNext CTP1 on Ubuntu 16.04.

Note

You need at least 3.25GB of memory to run SQL Server on Linux. SQL Server Engine has only been tested up to 256GB of memory at this time.

Install SQL Server

To install the mssql-server Package on Ubuntu, follow these steps:

  1. Import the public repository GPG keys:

    curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

  2. Register the Microsoft SQL Server Ubuntu repository:

    curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-server.list

  3. Run the following commands to install SQL Server:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mssql-server

  4. After the package installation finishes, run the configuration script and follow the prompts. Make sure to specify a strong password for the SA account (Minimum length 8 characters, including uppercase and lowercase letters, base 10 digits and/or non-alphanumeric symbols).

    sudo /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr-setup

  5. Once the configuration is done, verify that the service is running:

    systemctl status mssql-server

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