Installing MySQL on Rocky Linux it’s quite easy and quick. A lot of today’s applications are using MySQL as a web database. MySQL is an open source database and offers a lot of features.
Prerequisites
- Rocky Linux 8
- sudo privileges
Install MySQL on Rocky Linux 8
Step 1. Run the system update command.
sudo dnf update
Step 2. Now, you need to enable the MySQL AppStream module.
sudo dnf module enable mysql:8.0
Step 3. Install MySQL.
sudo dnf install @mysql
Step 4. Enable and start the MySQL service:
sudo systemctl enable --now mysqld
sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl status mysqld
Step 5. To check the version, execute:
mysql --version
Secure MySQL 8 on Rocky Linux 8
After installing the MySQL server, good practice is to secure the database server by executing the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Conclusion
This tutorial shows you how to install and secure the latest MySQL version on Rocky Linux 8. Feel free to leave a comment below and if you find this tutorial useful, follow our official channel on Telegram.