SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out

Chapter 5Installing and configuring SQL Server on Linux

Since SQL Server 2017, you can install SQL Server on multiple platforms: Windows, Linux, and in Docker containers. In Chapter 3, “Designing and implementing an on-premises database infrastructure,” we discussed SQL Server on containers and in a Kubernetes environment. In Chapter 4, “Installing and configuring SQL Server instances and features,” we covered setup and configuration on Windows Server.

This chapter covers Linux distributions, the basic differences between Windows and Linux, how to install SQL Server on the supported ...

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