mysqld Command Examples

Start the MySQL database server. More information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysqld.html.

• Start the MySQL database server:

mysqld

• Start the server, printing error messages to the console:

mysqld --console

• Start the server, saving logging output to a custom log file:

mysqld --log={{path/to/file.log}}

• Print the default arguments and their values and exit:

mysqld --print-defaults

• Start the server, reading arguments and values from a file:

mysqld --defaults-file={{path/to/file}}

• Start the server and listen on a custom port:

mysqld --port={{port}}

• Display help:

mysqld --verbose --help