Open MySQL Workbench and connect to your database server. From the database home screen (Figure A), right-click a blank spot under the SCHEMAS pane and select Create Schema. Figure A.

This new release brings you a few important bugfixes. Version 5 brought you support for the latest versions of supported database systems, that includes PostgreSQL 11, InterBase 2017 and MySQL 8.

The MySQL workbench executes the required SQL statement under the covers, and the schema is listed in the tool. With the schema created, you can now provide any JDBC drivers, Hibernate config or JPA ...

MySQL Router to help with database scaling. The MySQL Documentation. Some pre-populated database tables to play with. After the database is installed, a good smoke test is to open the MySQL Workbench.