Demo of conflicts…?

Some quick notes for MariaDB on the QNAP. Meant to be direct port of MySQL (but both are open-source…?)

Dump of everything I was working on today and yesterday. Still trying to figure out how to do RESTful APIs.

Setting up

• Search for the binary using find / -name mysql
• QNAP has aliases for the same directory: /usr/local/mysql and /usr/local/mariadb
• Connect to the database using /usr/local/mariadb/bin/mysql -u root -p

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 493
Server version: 5.5.57-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> USE test;
Database changed
MariaDB [test]> SELECT * from test_table;
+----+--------+------------+---------+
| id | name   | date       | workout |
+----+--------+------------+---------+
|  1 | justin | 0000-00-00 |       1 |
|  2 | justin | 0000-00-00 |       1 |
+----+--------+------------+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB

• root/admin default password
• QNAP-specific: https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=138714
• phpMyAdmin gives direct access to database: https://pyuxiang.com/phpMyAdmin
• Good tutorial and background on databases: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/database-design-phase-2-conceptual-design/
• Essentially data structure choice for indices: https://www.sqlshack.com/what-is-the-difference-between-clustered-and-non-clustered-indexes-in-sql-server/

SQL server

• Do not expose SQL server to web: reddit, sqlserverscience, so
• Standard practice to use SSH or VPN as gateway
• Equifax breach: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3444488/equifax-data-breach-faq-what-happened-who-was-affected-what-was-the-impact.html

Sending and processing POST requests

• mod_python is inactive, while mod_wsgi is currently uncompilable on the QNAP. Need to look for alternative scripting languages.
• PHP seems appropriate: insert into SQL
• HTML5 form examples: one, two, three

LAMP looks like the minimalist way to go.

Graph plotting

• Can’t seem to build matplotlib in the QNAP, resorting to GNUplot for server-side plotting of the gym graphs.
• GNUplot: Basic setup
• GNUplot: Multicolor
• GNUplot: Multiple graphs
• gplot.py: Standalone Python interface for GNUplot

another test