HOWTO: utf8mb4 conversion

andy.vdg 2018-12-02 20:45:38 UTC #1

Keywords: Moodle - Google Cloud Platform - How to - Other
Description:
Was getting the same warning when upgrading as in this thread: https://community.bitnami.com/t/mysql-full-unicode-support/56418

mysql_full_unicode_support; if this test fails, it indicates a potential problem
The current setup of MySQL or MariaDB is using 'utf8'. This character set does not support four byte characters which include some emoji. Trying to use these characters will result in an error when updating a record, and any information being sent to the database will be lost. Please consider changing your settings to 'utf8mb4'. See the documentation for full details.
Couldn't get the SQL to run successfully and found that this option works just as well from the Moodle documentation:
sudo php /opt/bitnami/apps/moodle/htdocs/admin/cli/mysql_collation.php --collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart mysql

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jota 2018-12-03 15:36:38 UTC #2

Hi @andy.vdg,

Thank you for using Bitnami. As Juan mentioned in this post, you need to update the encoding of the database

Some links don't work now, but here you have them

https://docs.bitnami.com/google/apps/moodle/administration/backup-restore-mysql-mariadb/
https://docs.bitnami.com/google/apps/moodle/get-started/connect-mysql/
https://docs.bitnami.com/google/faq/administration/control-services/

Happy to help!

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andy.vdg 2018-12-04 19:58:07 UTC #3

Thanks - wasn't really asking for help... rather stating how I solved it which was a lot easier than in the original post.
Just run:

sudo php /opt/bitnami/apps/moodle/htdocs/admin/cli/mysql_collation.php --collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart mysql

It will do everything for you.

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jota 2018-12-05 10:35:56 UTC #4

Thanks a lot @andy.vdg,

I marked this message as solution, I'm sure it will help the users who run into that issue

system 2018-12-19 10:36:04 UTC #5

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