Install MySQL 8 on OpenSUSE

This article will take you through how to install MySQL 8 on OpenSUSE. MySQL is a relational database management system(RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language(SQL) that is free and open-source under the terms of the GNU General Public License. SQL is a programming language that allows programmers to create, change, and extract data from relational databases, as well as control user access.

How to Install MySQL 8 on OpenSUSE

Update your packages.

sudo zypper update

Download MySQL 8 repository to your system.

wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql80-community-release-sl15-4.noarch.rpm

Then import the downloaded repository.

sudo rpm -ivh mysql80-community-release-sl15-4.noarch.rpm

Next import the GPG signing key.

sudo rpm --import /etc/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql

Refresh your repository to apply changes.

sudo zypper refresh

Install MySQL 8 using the command below.

sudo zypper install mysql-community-server

Sample output

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 6 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  mysql-community-client mysql-community-client-plugins
  mysql-community-common mysql-community-icu-data-files mysql-community-libs
  mysql-community-server

6 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 69.3 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation,
additional 529.3 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package mysql-community-client-plugins-8.0.29-1.sl15.x86_64
                                        (1/6),   1.2 MiB ( 13.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: mysql-community-client-plugins-8.0.29-1.sl15.[done (392.2 KiB/s)]
mysql-community-client-plugins-8.0.29-1.sl15.x86_64.rpm:

Check the version of MySQL installed.

mysql --version

Sample output

mysql  Ver 8.0.29 for Linux on x86_64 (MySQL Community Server - GPL)

Enable MySQL to start on boot.

sudo systemctl enable mysql

Start MySQL.

sudo systemctl start mysql

MySQL should be up and running, check the status using the following command.

sudo systemctl status mysql

Sample output

● mysql.service - MySQL Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-06-15 17:34:45 EAT; 35s ago
       Docs: man:mysqld(8)
             http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/using-systemd.html
    Process: 5537 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mysqld_pre_systemd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 5608 (mysqld)
     Status: "Server is operational"
      Tasks: 38 (limit: 4589)
     CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service
             └─5608 /usr/sbin/mysqld

Jun 15 17:34:32 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Server...
Jun 15 17:34:45 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started MySQL Server.

Secure MySQL 8.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Sample output

Securing the MySQL server deployment.

Enter password for user root: 
The 'validate_password' component is installed on the server.
The subsequent steps will run with the existing configuration
of the component.
Using existing password for root.

Estimated strength of the password: 100 
Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : 

 ... skipping.
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.

Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.


Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from
'localhost'. This ensures that someone cannot guess at
the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that
anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing,
and should be removed before moving into a production
environment.


Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
 - Dropping test database...
Success.

 - Removing privileges on test database...
Success.

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes
made so far will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

All done!

In case you are locked out while using a blank password simply create a temporary password using the command below.

sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log

sudo mysql -u root -p

Sample output

Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 43
Server version: 8.0.29 MySQL Community Server - GPL

Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

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