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Can I run SQL Server on Ubuntu?

rated 0 times [ 9] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 25195 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 23, 2021, 11:50:10

My company develops software with two sides: client and server. I've installed Microsoft SQL Server on Windows and am running the client side on Ubuntu with some configuration.

But I'm wondering: is there a way to run Ubuntu as the server instead and install SQL Server on it?

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answered 2 Years ago oredoise · Accepted Answer

You can certainly try the approach I will outline below but I don't know if anyone has tried it successfully.

Install virtualization software on your Ubuntu machine (VMWare, Xen, VirtualBox).

Install Microsoft Windows Server in the virtual machine.

Install MS SQL Server on the newly installed Windows Server.

I don't know if any other way would work but people can correct me the MS SQL Server from what I can remember actually relies on Licensing for Microsoft Windows Server. On top of this SQLServer is a pretty bad resource hog so normally organizations try to segregate it from running with any other applications on it's own cluster or server.

One thing that I would question is why not try Sybase as the backend? The connectivity from Linux to SQLServer and Sybase can go through FreeTDS, which would look identical to your client software.