It uses RDBMS(Relational Database Management System) to manage its data. MySQL is a well known open-source database management System used mostly along with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) Stack. Here we will keep our focus on all the important steps required to install MySQL 5.5 through yum command in the most widely used versions of RHEL/CentOS and Fedora distributions. There are ways to install MySQL 5.5 which we will see in later articles.

Use the feedback form below to send us any questions or any thoughts concerning this guide.In this article, we will go through one of the multiple ways to install MySQL 5.5 Server on CentOS 7 through YUM utility. That’s it for now! In this simple tutorial, we showed you how to install MariaDB 10.1 stable version in various RHEL/CentOS and Fedora. 4 Useful Tools to Monitor MySQL/MariaDB Database Activities.15 Tips to Tune and Optimize Your MySQL/MariaDB Performance.20 MySQL (Mysqladmin) Commands for Database Administration – Part IVĪlso check out these following articles to fine tune your MySQL/MariaDB performance and use the tools to monitor the activity of your databases.

MySQL Basic Database Administration Commands – Part III.Learn MySQL / MariaDB for Beginners – Part 2.Learn MySQL / MariaDB for Beginners – Part 1.If you are new to MySQL/MariaDB, start off by going through these guides: Verify MySQL Version Step 4: Learn MariaDB Administration

After securing the database server, you may want to check certain MariaDB features such as: installed version, default program argument list, and also login to the MariaDB command shell as follows: # mysql -V Now its time to secure your MariaDB by setting root password, disabling remote root login, removing the test database as well as anonymous users and finally reload privileges as shown in the screen shot below: # mysql_secure_installationĥ. Start MariaDB Service in CentOS 7 Step 3: Secure MariaDB in CentOS 7Ĥ. As soon as the installation of MariaDB packages completes, start the database server daemon for the time being, and also enable it to start automatically at the next boot like so: # systemctl start mariadb # yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client -yģ. Once MariaDB repository has been added, you can easily install it with just one single command. On CentOS 7 Īdd MariaDB Yum Repo Step 2: Install MariaDB in CentOS 7Ģ.

Now add the following lines to your respective Linux distribution version as shown.

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