Start MySQL service
To start MySQL service on a UNIX-alike system or on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), simply run the following command:
sudo service mysql start
The output looks like the following:
* Starting MySQL database server mysqld No directory, logging in with HOME=/
[ OK ]
Check MySQL service status
Run the following command to check service status:
$ sudo service mysql status
* /usr/bin/mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.7.32, for Linux on x86_64
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Server version 5.7.32-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Protocol version 10
Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Uptime: 1 min 35 sec
Threads: 1 Questions: 8 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 108 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 26 Queries per second avg: 0.084
Stop MySQL service
To stop the service, simply run the following command:
sudo service mysql stop
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]