MySQL57 SLES12 Installation
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Installing MySQL 5.7 on SLES 12
For documentation see [1]
Download the rpm installer [2]
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
