How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Linux CentOS - MySQL DBA Tutorial

How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Linux CentOS

Below are the steps to install MySQL 8.0.13 Server on CentOS Linux.

Download and add MySQL Yum Repository to Linux Repository
wget https://repo.mysql.com/mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm


Install the downloaded package by using below command
yum localinstall mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm


Verify that the MySQL Yum repository has been added successfully
yum repolist enabled | grep "mysql.*-community.*"


Install latest MySQL that is going to be MySQL 8.0
yum install mysql-community-server


Start MySQL Server
sudo service mysqld start


Secure MySQL Server
When MySQL 8.0 version is installed, temporary password for root is created in /var/log/mysqld.log
grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

Get the password and then run below command. It will ask you to provide the password. Provide the temporary password and then change the root password.

sudo mysql_secure_installation


Your installation of MySQL 8.0 Server is completed by CentOS. To verify MySQL Server is running , run below command.
sudo systemctl status mysqld
It should show you that the mysqld service is active and running.

To login to MySQL server, you can use below command.
mysql -u root -p
Provide the root password and you are all good to work on MySQL Server.

How to Install MySQL Server 8.0 on Linux CentOS


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