Install MySQL on Centos/RedHat using mysql_secure_installation

  • 1- Install mysql-server mysql-client
yum install mysql-server -y
  • 2- Start mysql-server
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
  • 3- Setup mysql-server to start at boot time
chkconfig mysqld on
  • 4- Setup MySQL root user password using /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation script(i recomend this if you plan to put it in production).
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
Enter current password for root (enter for none):
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MySQL without having to have a user account created for
them.  This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother.  You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'.  This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
... Success!

By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access.  This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
 - Dropping test database...
 ... Success!
 - Removing privileges on test database...
 ... Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

Cleaning up...

All done!  If you've completed all of the above steps, your MySQL
installation should now be secure.

Thanks for using MySQL!
  • 5- Now to login
###mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 47
Server version: 5.1.69-log Source distribution

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