Azure-docs: mySQL root user password

[OMARI1988]

First of all it's a brilliant introduction. Thanks for this.

I was not presented with the option to configure mySQL when installing lamp-server^, and I struggled to set the root password afterwords. Is there an easy way to fix this?

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• ID: f1e11aaf-3a77-95dc-371c-01d67556c2c3
• Version Independent ID: 78172c04-5737-a5f2-7767-27191b0bc73f
• Content: Tutorial - Deploy LAMP on a Linux virtual machine in Azure
• Content Source: articles/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-lamp-stack.md
• Service: virtual-machines-linux
• GitHub Login: @dlepow
• Microsoft Alias: danlep

[mimckitt]

Thanks for the feedback! We are currently investigating and will update you shortly.

[dlepow]

@MicahMcKittrick-MSFT - Please assign this to me, since I think a documentation update is likely needed.
@OMARI1988 - Thanks for the question. I also found on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS that there is no longer a prompt to set a MySQL password during the lamp-server^ package installation. However, I was able to accomplish this after installation by running sudo mysql_secure_installation (the sudo was required to run the script successfully). Can you please try this and let us know if it solves your problem. I will update the article accordingly. Thanks!

[OMARI1988]

I can confirm that using sudo mysql_secure_installation solved the problem. Thanks!

[Karishma-Tiwari-MSFT]

@OMARI1988 Thank you for confirming that it works for you.
I will keep the issue open as the author will be updating the doc with this information.

[dlepow]

@OMARI1988 - Thank you for confirming! And I published an update to the article to address this issue.

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