1Kraft - solution for open craft
2===============================
3
4Kraft is a program that supports craftsmen in their daily
5jobs: making offers, invoices and confirmations.
6
7Kraft needs a mysql database running. But setup is easy,
8please try it.
9
10
11How to setup the database?
12==========================
13First, install the mysql packages of your distribution.
14Create a database user and select a suitable password.
15Please replace the word 'user' in the following code
16examples with the user name you created.
17
18The database can be set up using the creation scripts
19in Krafts database directory. The scripts do create
20the database completely new, even if they exists.
21
22The standard way however to let Kraft create and maintain
23the database schema for you. All that needs to be done
24is to
25 - start MySQL on the system
26 - have a user and password combination that has acces to
27   the database
28 - create an empty database with a suitable name like for
29   example "kraft".
30 - enter the credentials and the database name in Kraft's
31   config dialog.
32
33Schema creation and maintenance is done by Kraft automatically.
34
35To create the database, perform the following steps:
36
37The database credentials must be entered into the settings
38dialog in kraft after the first start. Please restart after
39you have entered the data.
40
41That's it.
42