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# How to send Cowrie output to MySQL database
## Prerequisites
* Working Cowrie installation
* Working MySQL database
## Installation
```
su - cowrie
source cowrie/cowrie-env/bin/activate
pip install MySQL-python
```
## mySQL configuration
First create the database and grant access to the Cowrie user account:
```
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE cowrie;
GRANT ALL ON cowrie.* TO 'cowrie'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD HERE';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
```
Next load the database schema:
```
cd /opt/cowrie/
mysql -u cowrie -p
USE cowrie;
source ./doc/sql/mysql.sql;
exit
```
## cowrie configuration
* Add the following entries to ~/cowrie/cowrie.cfg
```
[output_mysql]
host = localhost
database = cowrie
username = cowrie
password = PASSWORD HERE
port = 3306
debug = false
```