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Database configuration

Database configuration

To complete this step, you must know some information regarding your database server ("connection string").
Please contact your ISP if necessary. If you're installing on a local machine or server you might need information from your system administrator.

If you do not have any database available, you can choose the embedded database which does not require any information from your ISP or system administrators, and will install right away.

SQL CE 4 requires that you manually add the SQL CE 4 runtime to your Umbraco installation.
More instructions.

You can either follow the instructions above to add SQL CE 4 or choose another database.

  1. Type:
  2. Server:
  3. Database name:
  4. Username:
  5. Password:
  6. Connection string:

    Example: datalayer=MySQL;server=192.168.2.8;user id=user;password=***;database=umbraco

Database connection succeeded. Next step is adding umbraco tables

Your current database is up-to-date!. Click next to continue the configuration wizard

Press the upgrade button to upgrade your database to Umbraco <%=umbraco.GlobalSettings.CurrentVersion%>

Don't worry - no content will be deleted and everything will continue working afterwards!

Press the install button to install the Umbraco <%=umbraco.GlobalSettings.CurrentVersion%> database

Database not found! Please check that the information in the "connection string" of the “web.config” file is correct.

To proceed, please edit the "web.config" file (using Visual Studio or your favourite text editor), scroll to the bottom, add the connection string for your database in the key named "umbracoDbDSN" and save the file.

Click the retry button when done.
More information on editing web.config here.

Umbraco <%=umbraco.GlobalSettings.CurrentVersion%> has now been copied to your database. Press Next to proceed.

Your database has been upgraded to the final version <%=umbraco.GlobalSettings.CurrentVersion%>.
Press Next to proceed.