InnoDB as default MySQL table type
To change the default MySQL table type, edit your my.cnf file (usually /etc/mysql/my.cnf on ubuntu), and add the following line to the [mysqld] section :
default-table-type=innodb
The resulting config will look something like this :
.....
[mysqld]
#
# * Basic Settings
#
#
# * IMPORTANT
# If you make changes to these settings and your system uses apparmor, you may
# also need to also adjust /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld.
#
user = mysql
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
port = 3306
basedir = /usr
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
tmpdir = /tmp
language = /usr/share/mysql/english
skip-external-locking
default-character-set=utf8
skip-character-set-client-handshake
default-table-type=innodb
.....
You can also add the —default-table-type=innodb argument to mysqld on startup to achieve the same result.