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About MySQL

MySQL is a relational database management system.

For information on integrating Apache with MySQL and PHP, see MAMP.

Versions

MacPorts includes several versions of MySQL and some of its forks. You can install any or all of these versions simultaneously, though it is expected that you will only need to install one of them.

• MySQL
  • mysql56: MySQL v5.6.x. This is the latest stable version of MySQL.
  • mysql55: MySQL v5.5.x.
  • mysql51: MySQL v5.1.x. This version reached ​end of life at the end of 2013 and is therefore no longer recommended.
• MariaDB: a fork of MySQL created by the original MySQL developer after MySQL AB's acquisition by Sun Microsystems
  • mariadb-10.1: MariaDB v10.1.x. This is a development version of MariaDB not recommended for production use.
  • mariadb-10.0: MariaDB v10.0.x. This is the latest stable version of MariaDB.
  • mariadb: MariaDB v5.5.x.
• Percona: another MySQL fork
  • percona: Percona Server v5.6.x.

For each of the above ports, there is a "-server" companion port you should install if you want to run that server.

This page shows how to install and use the mysql56 port, but you can use another version if you prefer; all of these ports use a similar directory layout.

Step 1: Install MySQL

If you want to run a MySQL server on this computer, install MySQL like this:

$ sudo port install mysql56-server

Step 2: Create a database

Also, mysql56 now uses the ''port select'' mechanism to manage the creation of symlinks in /opt/local/bin. Using port select will install a link for exactly one of the available installations. Alternatively, you may simply add the path containing the desired mysql installation to your PATH.

Use one of these two:

$ sudo port select mysql mysql56

$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/lib/mysql56/bin

Once you have done at least one of the two previous commands, set up the main database:

$ sudo -u _mysql mysql_install_db 
$ sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /opt/local/var/db/mysql56/ 
$ sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /opt/local/var/run/mysql56/ 
$ sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /opt/local/var/log/mysql56/ 

Step 3: Activate the installation

Activate your MySQL server installation so that it autostarts when you boot your machine:

$ sudo port load mysql56-server

and then verify that it is running:

$ ps -ax | grep mysql

Step 4: Set the MySQL password

Set the MySQL root password (it should currently be empty, see also the security option below):

$ /opt/local/lib/mysql56/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password <new-password> 

Note: This command line form of the command will generate:

Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.

Therefore it is recommended that you use the interactive form:

$ /opt/local/lib/mysql56/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 

Enter password: <press return>
New password: <new password>
Confirm new password: <new password>

You will first be prompted for your existing password (Enter password:); since it is empty, just press Return.
Then <new-password>`is your new desired root password, followed by Return.

Test everything by logging in to the server.

$ mysql -u root -p

You will be prompted:

Enter password:

Enter your <new password>

Should you receive the message:

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

It means you have entered the wrong password. Try again.

Once you are logged in, simply exit the session like this:

$ mysql> exit ;

If desired, reboot your machine and then run:

$ ps -ax | grep mysql

again to verify that the daemon is again running.

Step 5: Optional security configuration

There is an interactive program to secure a MySQL installation.

$ man mysql_secure_installation
$ /opt/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation

The following is a more detailed process that may achieve the same results as the interactive program. Place the following into mysql_security.sql and replace the 'MyNewPass' with your root password. Note that the SQL will remove all access for root from any location other than 'localhost'. You might like to keep this SQL file - all the lines beginning with '--' are doc-comments about how to use it.

Wrapper no longer exists...

-- HOW TO USE THIS FILE (with a MacPorts installation):

--$ sudo port unload mysql56-server

-- $ sudo mysqld_safe --init-file=mysql_security.sql &
-- The init will terminate if there are any errors in the init file.
-- Wait a bit to be sure the server is running.
-- If it's running, then shutdown the server (root password required):
-- $ /opt/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
-- Check that everything worked.  There may be an ERROR if the test database
-- doesn't exist.  Otherwise there should be no errors in the file reported by
-- 'mysqld_safe Logging to ..." during the mysql_safe5 startup from above:
-- $ sudo tail -n 20 /opt/local/var/db/mysql5/*.err 

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';
DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host!='localhost';
DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
DROP DATABASE test;
DELETE FROM mysql.db WHERE Db='test' OR Db='test\\_%';

The server startup options --skip-networking and --skip-grant-tables may be useful while implementing security.

See also ​http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix

Step 6: Database upgrade as necessary

If the database exists from a previous installation, you may need to upgrade.

man mysql_upgrade  -- details on the upgrade program (man page)
sudo port unload mysql56-server
sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql56/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root -p
sudo port load mysql56-server

Starting and stopping the MySQL server

Start

$ sudo port load mysql56-server

Stop

$ sudo port unload mysql56-server

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