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title SUSE: Install SQL Server on Linux
description This quickstart shows how to install SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server 2019 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and then create and query a database with sqlcmd.
author VanMSFT
ms.author vanto
ms.date 04/10/2020
ms.topic conceptual
ms.prod sql
ms.technology linux
ms.assetid 31ddfb80-f75c-4f51-8540-de6213cb68b8

Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-linuxonly]

::: moniker range="= sql-server-linux-2017 || = sql-server-2017"

In this quickstart, you install SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server 2019 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12 SP2. You then connect with sqlcmd to create your first database and run queries.

::: moniker-end

::: moniker range=">= sql-server-linux-ver15 || >= sql-server-ver15 || =sqlallproducts-allversions"

In this quickstart, you install SQL Server 2019 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12. You then connect with sqlcmd to create your first database and run queries.

Important

SQL Server 2019 is supported on SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2, SP3, SP4 or SP5.

::: moniker-end

Tip

This tutorial requires user input and an internet connection. If you are interested in the unattended or offline installation procedures, see Installation guidance for SQL Server on Linux.

Prerequisites

::: moniker range="= sql-server-linux-2017 || = sql-server-2017"

You must have a SLES v12 SP2 machine with at least 2 GB of memory. The file system must be XFS or EXT4. Other file systems, such as BTRFS, are unsupported.

::: moniker-end

::: moniker range=">= sql-server-linux-ver15 || >= sql-server-ver15 || =sqlallproducts-allversions"

You must have a SLES v12 SP2, SP3, SP4 or SP5 machine with at least 2 GB of memory. The file system must be XFS or EXT4. Other file systems, such as BTRFS, are unsupported.

::: moniker-end

To install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on your own machine, go to https://www.suse.com/products/server. You can also create SLES virtual machines in Azure. See Create and Manage Linux VMs with the Azure CLI, and use --image SLES in the call to az vm create.

If you have previously installed a CTP or RC release of SQL Server, you must first remove the old repository before following these steps. For more information, see Configure Linux repositories for SQL Server 2017 and 2019.

Note

At this time, the Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 10 is not supported as an installation target.

For other system requirements, see System requirements for SQL Server on Linux.

::: moniker range="= sql-server-linux-2017 || = sql-server-2017"

Install SQL Server

To configure SQL Server on SLES, run the following commands in a terminal to install the mssql-server package:

  1. Download the Microsoft SQL Server 2017 SLES repository configuration file:

    sudo zypper addrepo -fc https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/12/mssql-server-2017.repo

    [!TIP] If you want to install SQL Server 2019 , you must instead register the SQL Server 2019 repository. Use the following command for SQL Server 2019 installations:

    sudo zypper addrepo -fc https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/12/mssql-server-2019.repo

  2. Refresh your repositories.

    sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh

  3. Run the following commands to install SQL Server:

    sudo zypper install -y mssql-server

  4. After the package installation finishes, run mssql-conf setup and follow the prompts to set the SA password and choose your edition.

    sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

    [!TIP] The following SQL Server 2017 editions are freely licensed: Evaluation, Developer, and Express.

    [!NOTE] 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).

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

    systemctl status mssql-server

  6. If you plan to connect remotely, you might also need to open the SQL Server TCP port (default 1433) on your firewall. If you are using the SuSE firewall, you need to edit the /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 configuration file. Modify the FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP entry to include the SQL Server port number.

    FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="1433"

At this point, SQL Server is running on your SLES machine and is ready to use!

::: moniker-end

::: moniker range=">= sql-server-linux-ver15 || >= sql-server-ver15 || =sqlallproducts-allversions"

Install SQL Server

To configure SQL Server on SLES, run the following commands in a terminal to install the mssql-server package:

  1. Download the Microsoft SQL Server 2019 SLES repository configuration file:

    sudo zypper addrepo -fc https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/12/mssql-server-2019.repo

  2. Refresh your repositories.

    sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh

  3. Run the following commands to install SQL Server:

    sudo zypper install -y mssql-server

  4. After the package installation finishes, run mssql-conf setup and follow the prompts to set the SA password and choose your edition.

    sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

    [!NOTE] 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).

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

    systemctl status mssql-server

  6. If you plan to connect remotely, you might also need to open the SQL Server TCP port (default 1433) on your firewall. If you are using the SuSE firewall, you need to edit the /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 configuration file. Modify the FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP entry to include the SQL Server port number.

    FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="1433"

At this point, SQL Server 2019 is running on your SLES machine and is ready to use!

::: moniker-end

Install the SQL Server command-line tools

To create a database, you need to connect with a tool that can run Transact-SQL statements on the SQL Server. The following steps install the SQL Server command-line tools: sqlcmd and bcp.

  1. Add the Microsoft SQL Server repository to Zypper.

    sudo zypper addrepo -fc https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/12/prod.repo 
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh

  2. Install mssql-tools with the unixODBC developer package. For more information, see Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux).

    sudo zypper install -y mssql-tools unixODBC-devel

  3. For convenience, add /opt/mssql-tools/bin/ to your PATH environment variable. This enables you to run the tools without specifying the full path. Run the following commands to modify the PATH for both login sessions and interactive/non-login sessions:

    echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

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