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Installing MySQL 5.7 on SLES 12

For documentation see [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-sles-repo-quick-guide/en/]

Download the rpm installer [https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/]

Install the client and server rpms using sudo (the exact command will depend on the version downloaded)
 sudo rpm -ivh mysql-community-client-5.7.19-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm
 sudo rpm -ivh mysql-community-server-5.7.19-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm

Start MySQL
 sudo service mysql start

Get the temporary password
 sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log

Log into MySQL using the temporary password
 mysql -u root -p

Change the password. Note: MySQL's validate_password plugin is installed by default. This will require that passwords contain at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one digit, and one special character, and that the total password length is at least 8 characters.

 ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass4!';

Control MySQL
You can start, stop, restart or determine the status of MySQL with one of the following commands.
 sudo service mysql start|stop|restart|status