A MySQL create database sesame_store default charset utf8; mysql> create database sesame_store default charset utf8; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) mysql> grant all on sesame_store.* to 'k-int'@'localhost'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> grant all on sesame_store.* to 'k-int'@'localhost.localdomain'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> grant all on sesame_store.* to 'k-int'@'%'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> Sesame k-int@bhor:~/openrdf-sesame-2.1.3/bin$ ./console.sh 09:22:32.106 [main] DEBUG info.aduna.platform.PlatformFactory - os.name = linux 09:22:32.111 [main] DEBUG info.aduna.platform.PlatformFactory - Detected Posix platform Connected to default data directory Commands end with '.' at the end of a line Type 'help.' for help > help k-int@bhor:~/openrdf-sesame-2.1.3/bin$ ./console.sh 09:24:38.354 [main] DEBUG info.aduna.platform.PlatformFactory - os.name = linux 09:24:38.362 [main] DEBUG info.aduna.platform.PlatformFactory - Detected Posix platform Connected to default data directory Commands end with '.' at the end of a line Type 'help.' for help > connect http://localhost:8081/openrdf-sesame. Disconnecting from default data directory Connected to http://localhost:8081/openrdf-sesame > create mysql. Please specify values for the following variables: Repository ID [mysql]: aggregator Repository title [MySQL Store]: Aggregator JDBC driver [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver]: Host [localhost]: Port [3306]: Database [sesame_store]: Connection properties [&connectTimeout=0]: User name: k-int Password: k-int Max number of triple tables [256]: 512 Repository created > Copy mysql jar into sesame tomcat lib dir cp /home/k-int/.m2/repository/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.6/mysql-connector-java-5.1.6.jar ../lib/