MySQL 8 Cookbook

Starting the MySQL 8.0 server

You can start the server with the following commands:

1. Using service:

shell> sudo service mysql start

2. Using init.d:

shell> sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

3. If you do not find the startup script (when you are doing binary installation), you can copy from the location where you untarred.

shell> sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql

4. If your installation includes systemd support:

shell> sudo systemctl start mysqld

5. If the systemd support is not there, MySQL can be started using mysqld_safe. mysqld_safe is the launcher script for mysqld that safeguards the mysqld process. If mysqld is killed, mysqld_safe attempts to start the process again:

shell> sudo mysqld_safe --user=mysql & ...