1 Install SQL on Linux Microsoft recently made available SQL public preview of SQL Server for Linux. It is important to make it clear SQL on Linux is not a “light” SQL version but Microsoft’s goal is a fully featured SQL Server. In this article I will explore the process to Install SQL on Linux on an on-premises lab. Install SQL on Linux - Supported Platforms Before exploring the actual installation instructions be aware SQL on Linux is supported on the following distributions 1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 2. Ubuntu Linux 16.04 3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (still not supported but will be soon so I’ve included it anyhow) There are other deployment options like running on Docker or an Azure Virtual machine but for this article I will use Ubuntu Linux 16.04 as I already have a VM running it. Deploying Ubuntu Server is a trivial process so I will not cover the OS installation steps here. Install SQL on Linux - Step by Step Connect to the Linux server where you will install SQL and issue the following command curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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Install SQL on Linux Microsoft recently made available SQL public preview of SQL Server for Linux.
It is important to make it clear SQL on Linux is not a “light” SQL version but Microsoft’s goal
is a fully featured SQL Server.
In this article I will explore the process to Install SQL on Linux on an on-premises lab.
Install SQL on Linux - Supported Platforms
Before exploring the actual installation instructions be aware SQL on Linux is supported on
the following distributions
1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
2. Ubuntu Linux 16.04
3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (still not supported but will be soon so I’ve included
it anyhow)
There are other deployment options like running on Docker or an Azure Virtual machine but
for this article I will use Ubuntu Linux 16.04 as I already have a VM running it.
Deploying Ubuntu Server is a trivial process so I will not cover the OS installation steps here.
Install SQL on Linux - Step by Step
Connect to the Linux server where you will install SQL and issue the following command