Installing mysql 5.7 on centos 6
Installing mysql 5.7 on centos 6
1. download yum repo
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el6-7.noarch.rpm
2. install yum repo
yum -y localinstall mysql57-community-release-el6-7.noarch.rpm
3. verify yum repo
yum repolist enabled | grep "mysql.*-community.*"
3a. to enable/disable a particular release
# yum-config-manager --disable mysql57-community
# yum-config-manager --enable mysql56-community
4. install
yum -y install mysql-community-server
service mysqld start
service mysqld status
mysql --version
5. securing the installation
grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log
mysql_secure_installation --> follow the prompts
remove anonymouse users
disallow root remote login
6. Enjoy
mysql -u root -p 12345
Useful links:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html
http://www.tecmint.com/install-latest-mysql-on-rhel-centos-and-fedora/