DHIS2 and mysql?

Question

The DHIS2 documentation mentions that it supports mysql ( https://docs.dhis2.org/2.28/en/implementer/html/installation.html ), however thats the last point mysql is ever mentioned.

Does the current version really support mysql? If it does, will GIS still work?

Answer 1

From direct dhis2 support email...

Up until and including version 2.28, mysql should work.

However, from version 2.29 we require PostgreSQL as the database platform, together with the PostGIS spatial extension. This means that MySQL is no longer supported.

The minimum version required is PostgreSQL 9.1. However we recommend upgrading to a later version as we plan to take advantage of some of the useful features part of PostgreSQL 10 such as logical replication and native partitioning in future versions of DHIS 2.