Linux Apps Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v1.03, by Herong Yang
Manage MySQL Server 'mysqld' on CentOS
This section provides a tutorial example on how to start and stop MySQL server program 'mysqld' as a system service on CentOS 8 systems using the 'systemctl' command.
After install MySQL server with the "yum" command CentOS Linux systems, you need to learn how to manage it. The first task is to start or stop the MySQL server. Here is what I did on my CentOS 8 computer.
1. Check MySQL server status. I see an error message, because the it is not running.
herong$ mysqladmin status mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket ... Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!
2. Start MySQL server as a system service: I see an error message, because it is not enabled on CentOS 8.
herong$ sudo systemctl start mysqld.service Failed to start mysqld.service: Unit mysqld.service not found.
3. Enable MySQL server as a system service.
herong$ sudo systemctl enable mysqld.service Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mysqld.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service.
4. Check MySQL server status again. I see the server is running. And there is no password for the "root" user!
herong$ mysqladmin status -u root -p Enter password: <Enter> Uptime: 82 Threads: 2 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 115 Flush tables: 3 Open tables: 35 Queries per second avg: 0.060
5. Stop MySQL server.
herong$ sudo systemctl stop mysqld.service
6. Start MySQL server again.
herong$ sudo systemctl start mysqld.service
7. Connect to MySQL Server with "mysql" client program:
herong$ mysql -u root -p Enter password: <Enter> ... mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mysql | | performance_schema | | sys | +--------------------+
Cool. I am able to start and stop MySQL server as a system service on my CentOS 8 computer.
You can also use the "service" command, which actually calls the "systemctl" command, to start and stop MySQL server:
herong$ sudo service mysqld start herong$ sudo service mysqld stop
But, do not try to run the MySQL server program, mysqld, directly. You will run into errors.
herong$ sudo mysqld [System] [MY-010116] [Server] /usr/libexec/mysqld (mysqld 8.0.17) starting as process 15754 [ERROR] [MY-010123] [Server] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root! [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting [System] [MY-010910] [Server] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.17) Source distribution.
Table of Contents
Running Apache HTTP Server (httpd) on Linux Systems
Running Apache Tomcat on Linux Systems
Running PHP Scripts on Linux Systems
►Running MySQL Database Server on Linux Systems
Install MySQL Database Server on CentOS
►Manage MySQL Server 'mysqld' on CentOS
Set MySQL Server "root" Password on CentOS
MySQL Server File Locations on CentOS
MySQL Server Data Backups on CentOS
MySQL Server Log Files on CentOS
MySQL Server Socket Connection on CentOS
MySQL Server TCP/IP Connection on CentOS
Open Firewall for MySQL Server on CentOS
"Server sent charset unknown to the client" Error
Performance of Inserting Integers to MySQL Database
Performance Comparison of Inserting Integers vs. Strings
Running Python Scripts on Linux Systems
Conda - Environment and Package Manager