MySQL post-installation setup and testing

Let’s look at the post-installation setup and testing that needs to be done after successfully installing MySQL -

After installing MySQL, perform the following steps

Data Directory

If necessary, the data directory must be initialized and the MySQL authorization table must be created. For some MySQL installation methods, data directory initialization is done automatically.

MySQL Installer

Windows installation operations are performed by the MySQL Installer. It can be installed on Linux using server RPMs or the Debian distribution from Oracle. Installation can be done using native packaging systems on many platforms, such as Debian Linux, Unbuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, etc. It can be installed on macOS using the DMG distribution.

For other platforms and installation types, the data directory needs to be initialized manually. This includes installing from universal binary and source distributions on Unix and Unix-like systems, and from ZIP archives on Windows.

Start the server and make sure it can be accessed.

Securing the Initial MySQL Account

A password needs to be assigned to the initial "root" account in the authorization table. This operation must be completed if it was not done previously during data directory initialization. In this way, the password prevents unauthorized access to the MySQL server.

On the other hand, you need to ensure that the server starts and stops automatically when the system starts and stops respectively.

If desired, time zone tables can also be populated so that they recognize the specified time zone.

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