You can use online password generator to get a complex password.Ģ.4 – Connect to MySQL Database as root user and create a test database. Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes) : Yes Remove test database and access to it? : Yes Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : Yesĭo you wish to continue with the password provided?: Yes This will ask you to set a new password for the root user. $ sudo mysql_secure_installationĪuthenticate with your generated temporary password. Root password, Disallow root login remotely, remove anonymous users and Take note of the printed password: T18:06:19.947403Z 1 A temporary password is generated for : AS*5Rx%YY5+cĢ.3 – Start MySQL Secure Installation to change the sudo systemctl enable -now rviceĢ.2 – Copy the generated random password for the root user sudo grep 'A temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log |tail -1 Summary : A very fast and reliable SQL database server Step 3: Configure MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8Ģ.1 – After the installation, start mysqld service. Under GPLv2 license as shown in the Description field. License : Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Mysql-community-libs x86_64 5.7.28-1.el7 mysql57-community 4.2 MĬheck package rpm details to confirm it is 5.7. Ncurses-compat-libs x86_64 6.8 BaseOS 331 k Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:41 ago on Mon 08:54:52 PM EAT. Then install MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8: sudo dnf install mysql-community-server sudo dnf config-manager -enable mysql57-community Once the repository has been added, now install MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.ĭisable MySQL 8 repository: sudo dnf config-manager -disable mysql80-community

Gpgcheck=0 Step 2: Install MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 There is no MySQL repository for EL 8, so we’ll use EL 7 repository instead. Disable MySQL default AppStream repository: sudo dnf remove dnf module reset mysql

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