This how to is probably muscle memory to most folks, that’s why i say “Please Don’t Laugh”. However it is important to cover since several future articles will start with the assumption that MySQL is already installed.
first install MySQL
yum install mysql mysql-server
You will be prompted by yum to proceed, along with a list of dependencies to approve. Type ‘y’ and let you run it’s course. Once yum has finished start MySQL.
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
Run mysql_secure_installation to secure you new MySQL install.
mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts like so…
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MySQL
SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
In order to log into MySQL to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user. If you've just installed MySQL, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.
Enter current password for root (enter for none):<HIT ENTER>
OK, successfully used password, moving on...
Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MySQL
root user without the proper authorization.
Set root password? [Y/n] Y
New password:<YOUR PASSWORD>
Re-enter new password:<YOUR PASSWORD>
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
... Success!
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MySQL without having to have a user account created for
them. This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother. You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y
... Success!
Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'. This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y
... Success!
By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
- Dropping test database...
... Success!
- Removing privileges on test database...
... Success!
Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y
... Success!
Cleaning up...
All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MySQL
installation should now be secure.
Thanks for using MySQL!
Your next step should be tuning MySQL. A great way to start would be checking the sample MySQL configs in /usr/share/mysql/.
ls /usr/share/mysql/*.cnf
Now you have a secure MySQL installation. This is great if you will be connecting from localhost but if you need access from elsewhere you will need to create a user with outside access. See next post…
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