Creating a Database

PrestaShop uses a MySQL database to store all the information from your store.  Before you can install PrestaShop, you will need to create a MySQL database on your server.  You can usually do this from the control panel on your server’s account.

Click the MySQL Databases option and then create a new database for PrestaShop to use.  After doing that, create a new MySQL user and associate that user with the new database.  Make a note of the database name, user and password, since they are required when installing PrestaShop.