Initialize a Hue database

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When you move Hue database to another server or from sqlite to mysql and just want to start over, with a fresh empty DB, do as follows:

  1. configure Hue to use the right database credentials.

  2. Without starting it on the host that Hue is configured to run on, do:

/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH/lib/hue/build/env/bin/hue syncdb --noinput

This will create all the tables and let Hue run.

  1. Start Hue and login