Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Install and

Configure MySQL Database Server

by NI X CRAFT on MARCH 20, 2007 42 COMMENTS LAST UPDATED JUNE 22, 2012
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How do I install the MySQL database server under
Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 / 6?

You can install mysql using any one of the following
medium.
a) Install MySQL package using RHN or CentOS repo.
b) Install MySQL rpms from CD/DVD media.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux install Mysql
database server
Type the following command to install mysql server
using the RHN or CentOS repo:
Redhat Enterprise Linux - RHEL 5 /
6 MySQL installation
Type the following command as root user:
# yum install mysql-server mysql
Redhat Enterprise Linux - RHEL
4/3 MySQL installation
Type the following command as root user:
# up2date mysql-server mysql
Start MySQL Service
To start the mysql server type the following command:
# chkconfig mysqld on
# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Setup the mysql root password
Type the following command to setup a password for
root user:
# mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
Test the mysql connectivity
Type the following command to connect to MySQL
server:
$ mysql -u root -p
Configure the mysql server
Edit /etc/my.cnf, enter (please note that following are
sample values, you need to adjust them as per your
requirements):
# vi /etc/my.cnf
You can configure mysql query cache as follows (add in
[mysqld] section) to speed up mysql:

query_cache_type = 1
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 32M

You can setup MyISAM buffer size and recover options:

# For MyISAM #
key_buffer_size = 24M
myisam_recover = FORCE,BACKUP

Log slow queries for troubleshooting as follows:

# LOGGING #
log_queries_not_using_indexes = 1
slow_query_log = 1
slow_query_log_file =
/var/lib/mysql/mysqld-slow-query.log

Set caches and other limits as follows:

tmp_table_size = 32M
max_heap_table_size = 32M
max_connections = 500
thread_cache_size = 50
open_files_limit = 65535
table_definition_cache = 4096
table_open_cache = 512

Save and close the file. You can reload or restart the
changes as follows:
# /sbin/service mysqld restart
OR
# /sbin/service mysqld reload
See also