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On my windows dev box mysql is running on

port 3306

How can I check what port it is running on the

unix server that I have to upload the app to.

mysql unix port

Share asked Feb 24, 2010 at 5:06

Ankur
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That depends on how you can access the

server. Do you have ssh access, mysql client
access, or some web interface like
phpMyAdmin? – jonfhancock Feb 24, 2010 at
5:08

ssh access - through putty – Ankur Feb 24,

2010 at 5:09

Is this a shared host? If so, there may well be

multiple instances of MySQL running on it, each
on a different port. – John Gardeniers Feb 24,
2010 at 7:05

No it's a VM setup just for me, so there's only

one instance. – Ankur Feb 25, 2010 at 6:23

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104 I did

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mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES
LIKE 'PORT';

And that indicated that I was using port

3306 and that my search for the error
continues.

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edited Feb 24, 2010 at 17:42

Andy
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answered Feb 24, 2010 at 5:16

Ankur
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1 This command helps to find out all global

variables. mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES;
– arunkvelu Mar 4, 2019 at 9:59

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43 The best way to actually know what

application is listening to which interface and
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on what port is to use netstat

You can do this as root:

netstat -tlnp

It will list out all the listening services like this:

Active Internet connections (only servers)

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3306
tcp6 0 0 :::22

The last column shows you that mysqld bound

itself to port 3306 listening on all interfaces.

In fact, this works for everything, not just

mysql. You can also use it non TCP sockets.

Share answered Feb 24, 2010 at 6:04

sybreon
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2 the -p flag only works on linux, afaik. (definitely

not Mac OS X, at least) – jdizzle Mar 8, 2010 at
4:48

2 guess that you're stuck with lsof -i TCP

then. – sybreon Mar 9, 2010 at 5:18

The Linux command and windows command

vary slightly. For Windows, you must be
elevated, and replace the p with a b – IceMage
Feb 19, 2019 at 18:14

lsof -i TCP works and shows mysqld 777

aajapfmyd 45i IPv6 099899bafe45 0t0 TCP
localhost:33060 (LISTEN) on mac but why
the port shown is 33060 instead of 3060?
– iCantC Feb 3, 2020 at 9:58

i would also like to know the answer to the

above question commentor's question @iCantC
– frei Feb 25, 2020 at 7:35

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7 Enter via terminal to mysql:

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mysql -u root

and then type the following in the mysql

prompt:

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE

'PORT';

This worked for me.

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eem
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answered Jan 23, 2018 at 1:43

IgnacioAinol
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5 If you really want to confirm that it is running

on the port you can telnet into the port while
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the process is up like so:

telnet localhost 3306

You'll see it report that you're connected to

mySQL.

Alernatively, you can find the process's PID

using ps and grep:

ps -ef | grep mysql

and then put that pid into lsof to print out all
the open file descriptors. You'll find the port
the process is bound to near the top.

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answered Feb 24, 2010 at 5:43

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4 MySQL defaults to port 3306 unless you

specify another line in the /etc/my.cnf
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config file.

Unless your /etc/my.cnf contains something

like

[mysqld]
port = 3308

Then it is very likely you are using the default

port.

Share answered Feb 24, 2010 at 5:14

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3 An alternative method to the ones already

listed (and not as good but hey, it works).
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prompt>lsof -n | grep 'mysql.*TCP'

mysqld 1564 mysql 10u IPv4
prompt>cat /proc/1564/net/tcp
sl local_address rem_address st tx_que
0: 11AC11AC:0035 00000000:0000 0A 000000
1: 017AA8C0:0035 00000000:0000 0A 000000
2: 00000000:0016 00000000:0000 0A 000000
3: 0100007F:0277 00000000:0000 0A 000000
4: 00000000:8D58 00000000:0000 0A 000000
5: 00000000:0019 00000000:0000 0A 000000
6: 0100007F:177A 00000000:0000 0A 000000
7: 0100007F:177B 00000000:0000 0A 000000
8: 0100007F:177C 00000000:0000 0A 000000
9: 0100007F:177D 00000000:0000 0A 000000
10: 0100007F:00C7 00000000:0000 0A 000000
11: 00000000:0CEA 00000000:0000 0A 000000
12: 00000000:024B 00000000:0000 0A 000000
13: 00000000:006F 00000000:0000 0A 000000
14: 00000000:01D1 00000000:0000 0A 000000
15: 0100007F:1DD2 00000000:0000 0A 000000
16: 0100007F:990B 0100007F:177B 01 000000
17: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:990C 01 000000
18: 0100007F:990D 0100007F:177B 01 000000
19: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:990B 01 000000
20: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:9949 01 000000
21: 0100007F:9912 0100007F:177B 01 000000
22: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:990D 01 000000
23: 11AC11AC:0016 480111AC:9074 01 000000
24: 11AC11AC:0016 480111AC:8485 01 000000
25: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:9923 01 000000
26: 0100007F:990F 0100007F:177B 01 000000
27: 0100007F:9949 0100007F:177B 01 000000
28: 0100007F:90CF 0100007F:177B 01 000000
29: 11AC11AC:0016 480111AC:C273 01 000000
30: 0100007F:177B 0100007F:90CF 01 000000

The uid 27 line is the mysqld process' listening

socket, and 0CEA is hex for 3306.

Share edited Feb 25, 2010 at 22:10

answered Feb 24, 2010 at 17:30

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1 Ok, this works on my linux box, but I'm not sure

that Unix will store the cnf file in the same
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place.

cat /etc/mysql/my.cnf | grep 'port'

Share answered Feb 24, 2010 at 5:16

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0 you may try tailing the mysql log....try running

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shell$> tail -f /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log

while restarting mysql by

service mysqld stop/start

on another ssh terminal/tab. The port on

which its listening will be displayed in the log
as follows:

Version: '5.7.21-log' socket: '/tmp/mysql.

Share edited Feb 4, 2019 at 6:57

RalfFriedl
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answered Feb 4, 2019 at 6:22

Anshuman Banerjee
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0 If you try this: $ grep port

/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
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you will see which port you are looking for.

Share answered May 4, 2020 at 0:20

Zeming Wang
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-2 above commands did not help me in my mac.

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I used lsof -i TCP:3306 to find out the
mysqld process. which was actually listenting
into *.mysql

Share answered Feb 19, 2019 at 17:52

Prasath Rajan
1 2

1 This command can give you PID if the port

number is the default 3306. Original Poster
(OP) had a non-default number. – kubanczyk
Feb 19, 2019 at 20:01

I given a sample.. You can replace 3306 with

any other port. In this case its 3307.Command
is right though. – Prasath Rajan Feb 26, 2019 at
10:59

1 The correct way is using: sudo lsof -i

:3306 . – Bruno Wego Apr 3, 2019 at 18:16

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