MySQL Installation using Yum repository

 

1.       Download MySQL Yum repository

wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql80-community-release-el9-1.noarch.rpm

2.       Install the file

rpm –Uvh mysql80-community-release-el9-1.noarch.rpm

3.       Verify MySQL repository

yum repolist | grep mysql

4.       Install MySQL

yum install mysql-community-server

5.       Start MySQL service

systemctl start mysqld

6.       Get the temporary password from the mysql log

grep ‘temporary password’ /var/log/mysqld/log

7.       Login to MySQL Server with temporary password and change the root password

mysql –u root –p

a.       Alter user ‘root’@’localhost’ identified by “Password”;

a.       Flush privileges;

              Uninstallation:

yum remove mysql-community-server

yum clean all

rm -rf /etc/my.cnf

rm -rf /var/lib/mysql

rm -rf /var/log/mysqld.log