How to Install and configure MySQL 5.6 on CentOS

Oracle today declared the general accessibility of MySQL 5.6, the world’s most prevalent open-source database.

Step 1: Install the MySQL database:
First we have to install mysql communitty repository and after that install mysql-server using yum command. Use following steps to install MySQL 5.6.

# rpm -Uvh http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm 
# yum -y install mysql-server

Step 2: Start MySQL.
After installing mysql packages need to start service of mysql using following command.

service mysqld start

Step 3: Start on Boot:
Run following command to start mysql service on boot:

# chkconfig mysqld on

Step 4: Set a secret word for the root client and set other security-related choices. Enter the following command and take after the prompts on your screen to finish the configuration.

# mysql_secure_installation

Step 5: Verify Version:
Verify the MySQL server version using following command.

# mysql -V

Sample Output:

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.23, for Linux (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

Step 6: Login MySQL:
Use following command to login in MySQL.

# mysql -u root -p

Messages similar to the following display:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 15
Server version: 5.6.23 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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