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

How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Linux RHEL

Below are the steps to install MySQL 8.0.13 Server on RHEL 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 RHEL. 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 RHEL