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# Install SQL Server on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

This topic provides a walkthrough of how to install SQL Server vNext CTP 1.4 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12 SP2.

> [!NOTE] 
> You need at least 3.25GB of memory to run SQL Server on Linux.
> SQL Server Engine has been tested up to 1 TB of memory at this time.

> [!NOTE]
> The file system must be **XFS** or **EXT4**. Other file systems, such as **BTRFS**, are unsupported.

## Install SQL Server
To install the **mssql-server** package on SLES, follow these steps:

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

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

   sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
   ```
   
2. Run the following commands to install SQL Server:

   ```bash
   sudo zypper install mssql-server
   ```
   
3. After the package installation finishes, run **mssql-conf setup** 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).

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

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

   ```bash
   systemctl status mssql-server
   ```
 
5. To allow remote connections, you may need to open the SQL Server TCP port on your firewall. The default SQL Server port is 1433.

## Upgrade SQL Server

To upgrade the **mssql-server** package on SLES, execute the following command:

   ```bash
   sudo zypper update mssql-server
   ```

These commands will download the newest package and replace the binaries located under `/opt/mssql/`. The user generated databases and system databases will not be affected by this operation. 

## Uninstall SQL Server

To remove the **mssql-server** package on SLES, follow these steps:

1. Run the `remove` command. This will delete the package and remove the files under `/opt/mssql/`. However, this command will not affect user-generated and system database files, which are located under `/var/opt/mssql`.
   ```bash
   sudo zypper remove mssql-server
   ```

2. Removing the package will not delete the generated database files. If you want to delete the database files use the following command:
   ```bash
   sudo rm -rf /var/opt/mssql/
   ```

## Next steps

- [Install tools](sql-server-linux-setup-tools.md#SLES)

- If you already have SQL Server tools, [connect to the SQL Server](sql-server-linux-connect-and-query-sqlcmd.md).