OpenBSD Install MySQL Server

To install MySQL on OpenBSD, you will need to have root privileges or access to a user with sudo privileges.

1. First, update the package repository by running the following command:

sudo pkg_add -u

2. Install MySQL by running the following command:

sudo pkg_add mysql-server

3. Once the installation is complete, you can start the MySQL server by running the following command:

sudo rcctl start mysql

4. To make sure that MySQL starts automatically at boot time, run the following command:

sudo rcctl set mysql flags "-u mysql"
sudo rcctl enable mysql

5. To secure the MySQL installation, run the following command:

mysql_secure_installation

This will guide you through the process of setting a password for the MySQL root user, disabling anonymous users, and removing test databases.

6. To log in to the MySQL server, run the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Enter the password that you set during the secure installation process when prompted.

That's it! MySQL should now be installed and configured on your OpenBSD system. You can use it to create and manage databases.

Note: If you want to install a specific version of MySQL, you can use the "--version" option with the "pkg_add" command. For example, to install MySQL 8.0, you can run the following command:

sudo pkg_add mysql-server-8.0.22

Replace "8.0.22" with the desired version number. You can also use the "pkg_info" command to list the available versions of MySQL. For example:

pkg_info | grep mysql-server