Configuring UTF8 Character Set for MySQL

To create a MySQL database which uses the UTF-8 character set:

1. Create a new database:

   create database <database_name> character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin

2. Open <TeamCity Data Directory>/config/database.properties, and add the characterEncoding property:

   connectionProperties.characterEncoding=UTF-8

To change the character set of an existing MySQL database to UTF-8:

1. Shut down the TeamCity server.

2. From the <TeamCity Home>/bin directory, export the database using the maintainDB tool:

   maintainDB backup -D -F database_backup

   More details on this backup are here.

3. Create a new database with UTF-8 as the default character set, as described above.

4. Modify the <TeamCity Data Directory>/config/database.properties file by changing the connectionUrl property to:

   jdbc:mysql://<host>/<new_database_name>

5. Import data the new database:

   maintainDB restore -D -F database_backup -T <TeamCity Data Directory>/config/database.properties

6. Start the TeamCity server.