I have a Rackspace VPS running CentOS that I can only access in Read Only rescue mode. How can I backup/restore MySQL using SSH and FTP with no access to mysql command line tools?
The reason for this is that the image used to build the server has an issue with Nova so Rackspace are unable to build from it. What I need to do is transfer all files onto a clean new machine.
I can access all files without issue, but I would also like to recover any MySQL database that were on the machine. However, MySQL will not run in the rescue mode Rackspace offer and I can't use these tools to make any kind of dump - I have SSH and FTP only. Can anyone hint as to how I can rescue/transfer my MySQL databases to the new machine?
Setup a new VPS with an identical version of mysql and transfer (scp/rsync/sftp) the raw database files in /var/lib/mysql and the mysql conf file (typically /etc/my.cnf) to the new server. Make sure the permissions of these files don't change on the new server. This wouldn't work without a third party utility (Percona Xtrabackup for example) if mysqld was running but since you cannot run mysqld in r/o mode anyways this is your best bet.
Example path is miliardowo
My old server was debian. New one is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Copy file from /var/lib/mysql/miliardowo to your server
Add permission in /var/lib/mysql/
chmod 700 miliardowo/
chmod 660 miliardowo/*
chmod g-s miliardowo/
chmod g-s miliardowo/*
chmod u-s miliardowo/
chmod u-s miliardowo/*
chown mysql:mysql miliardowo/
chown mysql:mysql miliardowo/*
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Is it possible that I can recover data from mySQL ubuntu server? I needed to change a disk in my server so I installed a new ubuntu, but in my old disk I still have files in /var/lib/mysql/ where my old databases are. Is it possible to recover a database from files? How to do it? Just copying database from old disk /var/lib/mysql/ to a new server disk? Will it work instantly or I need to create first empty databases in phpmyadmin?
If the data is still here it´s promising for your recovery.
1/. You need to back up this /var/lib/mysql directory
sudo cp -R -p /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.back
2/. Reinstall completely mysql (it will erase the mysql folder)
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
3/. Erase the new data folder with your old one
sudo cp -R -p /var/lib/mysql.bask /var/lib/mysql
If you´re using exactly same directories it should work like that.
I have an AWS instance running CentOS 6.5. It has been updated, secured, and setup for web hosting (LAMP). I attached an EBS volume to the instance and mounted it under /data.
Two questions:
How can I get MySQL to use the /data directory as its database storage location? (I don't want to run the program from the /data directory, just put the .sql file there.
How can I do the same for my web site? I plan on running a wordpress site and its current location is in the /var/www/html directory. I want to change this to /data/site.
I want to keep the web site files and database on a separate volume: /data. If my instance was to get corrupt or inaccessible, I can attach the EBS volume to a new instance.
I have read dozens of tutorials and articles on how to get MySQL moved to a different directory, but nothing is working. MySQL refuses to start up after. Can I keep MySQL installed as is, but have it read/write the database on a different directory like /data which is a mounted EBS volume or is this not possible at all with linux?
Here are some of the tutorials and articles I been following/testing with:
aws.amazon.com/articles/1663?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1
spruce.it/noise/setting-up-a-proper-lamp-stack-on-aws-ec2-ebs/
EDIT:
This is what I am doing.
Create a new instance using this ami: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00IOYDTV6?ref=cns_srchrow
Once the instance is up, I run updates using: sudo yum update -y
One updated, I set it up as a LAMP web server using these instructions: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-LAMP.html
In addition to the above steps, I allow port 80 tcp connections on the built-in firewall. I run these commands: sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT and sudo service iptables save
Once this is done, I test my site at http://IP-ADDRESS (this shows me the Apache Test Page)
Once LAMP is installed, I install the MySQL Server by running this: yum install mysql-server
After that is installed, I proceed to the "To secure the MySQL server" instructions on the previous Amazon document.
Next, I install PHPMyAdmin using these two tutorials: http://tecadmin.net/installing-apache-mysql-php-on-centos-redhat/# and http://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-phpmyadmin-on-centos-using-yum/
At this point, I have a fully functioning web server. Now, I want to use the AWS EBS volume to store all the databases and website files. First, I attach the newly create AWS EBS volume. I use this tutorial to do this: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html
THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS START.
Using the information in this tutorial: aws.amazon.com/articles/1663?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1. It says FAILED.
So one thing you can do is the following that avoids copying all directories. You need to make sure that all permissions are setup correctly for it to work:
mysql dat dir:
mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.orig
mkdir -p /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/lib/mysql
chown mysql.mysql /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/lib/mysql
chmod 700 /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/lib/mysql
etc configs:
mkdir -p /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/etc
cp /etc/my.cnf /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/etc/my.cnf
mv /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf.orig
ln -s /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf
logs:
mkdir -p /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/log
mv /var/log/mysqld.log /var/log/mysqld.log.orig
touch /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/log/mysqld.log
chown mysql.mysql /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/log/mysqld.log
chmod 640 /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/log/mysqld.log
ln -s /<your-new-ebs-mountpoint>/var/log/mysqld.log /var/log/mysqld.log
I test Drupal websites on my site locally on Mac using Phpmyadmin.
I recently had to to do a clean reinstall of my Mac. I have a full back up of my hardrive, but I'm not sure where to locate the databases in the back up and how to restore them.
Where does Phpmyadmin store the databases?
/usr/local/mysql/data
try it here
phpMyAdmin does not write any database files. It is a php client application which accesses a MySQL server.
On OSX the MySQL server creates its data files in /usr/local/mysql/data as far as I know.
1. Stop your MySQL server
sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql.server stop
2. Remove new data files
sudo mv /usr/local/mysql/data /usr/local/mysql/data.new
3. Copy old data files from your backup and fix prrmissions
sudo chown -R _mysql:wheel /usr/local/mysql/data
4. Start your server again
sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql.server start
5. Check and optimize databases
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlcheck --all-databases
Now phpMyAdmin will show all old databases
I'm trying to access mysql and when I run the mysql command, I get the following.
[root#ip-10-229-65-166
tpdatabase-1.8.0.28356]# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to
local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Doing this returns nothing
[root#ip-10-229-65-166 mysqld]# find
-name mysql*
[root#ip-10-229-65-166 mysqld]#
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
-bash: /etc/init.d/mysql: No such file or directory
[root#ip-10-229-65-173
tpdatabase-1.8.0.28356]# mysql_config
|grep -- --socket
--socket [/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock]
Maybe a permissions problem?
I do have mysql installed using yum install mysql
I'm running CentOS 5.4 on a Amazon EC2 Cloud Instance
You need to install the server package:
sudo yum install mysql-server
After installation, you have to start the service:
sudo service mysqld start
rm -rvf /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile*
touch /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
touch /var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
systemctl restart mysql
try this and check the permission of both /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock and /tmp
We faced a similar problem in my office setup with the same OS. The actual thing that was happening was low space on the server. It is quite strange, but i believe if the server gets full the files cannot be loaded or of some other resort. Please check to be sure the space on the server is enough else you have to try removing the installed mysql and reinstall. Best of luck.
just search for mysqld, this is the server daemon:
find / | grep mysqld
If you found it, the server package may be correctly installed but without initd scripts. For testing, you may start the mysql server by hand executing the above file.
mysql might have been packaged separately as client and server. Check your package repositories to make sure that the server has been installed. The mysql package might only be the client. Check if there's a package called mysql-server or something similar. Check the list of files installed by the mysql package to see if it actually installs the server.
If the files are not even there, it's not a permissions problem. Also, you're running as root.
I recently encountered this problem after an upgrade on Ubuntu 18.04. The solution here solved it https://serverfault.com/a/957723/439448.
Make sure you have privileges to access the /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock file. And if you still get the error, create a default my.cnf file with
[client]
socket = /path/to/mysql/data/mysql.sock
[mysqld]
server-id = 2
socket = /path/to/mysql/data/mysql.sock
port = 4000 #any port you wish
basedir = /path/to/mysql
datadir = /path/to/mysql/data
and initialize the database again. Make sure you give --defaults-file=/path/to/mysql/my.cnf when you initialize. If you get error saying files exist in /path/to/mysql/data, remove them and try again. Once done, when you run mysql also, give --defaults-file=/path/to/mysql/my.cnf.
Should work.
Before hitting mysql on command prompt make sure your correct my.cnf configuration file is in placed and set the permission of etc folder as
chmod -R 777
etc folder as below list to avoid
error MySQL - ERROR 2002 (HY000):
e.g /etc/my.cnf, /etc/mysql/my.cnf, $MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf [datadir]/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf
I just installed mysql on a mac running 10.6. The mysql version is 5.1.56. I need to have mysql run on port 3307. This article says we can change the port by modifying this file:
# vi /etc/my.cnf
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/change-default-mysql-port-under-linuxunix/
but there is no such file in /etc. I can see mysql is running ok because I can connect to it just fine, is the way we change the port # different now?
Thanks
Looks like the new installers are adding the port as 3307
To change that follow below steps
sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
change 3307 from this line <string>--port=3307</string> to 3306
On OSX you can create /etc/my.cnf if it does not exist. You can base it on samples found in /usr/local/mysql/support-files. Don't forget to restart MySQL for your my.cnf to take effect.
On MacOs High Sierra running MySql v8 server, you need the following:
Edit /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
Under ProgramArguments, you will see many entries with
<string>...</string> etc,
Add the following line: <string>--port=16000</string>
Also, to restart you need to do the following:
launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
and then
launchctl load -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
I hope this helps.
By default, the install doesn't create a my.cnf file on Snow Leopard. You can create one yourself under /etc or you can copy one from /usr/local/mysql/support-files/
Then run :
sudo cp my-huge.cnf /etc/my.cnf
Check out the explanation here
I experienced a similar problem and here's what worked for me. If you installed MySQL using brew install mysql then this should work for you.
For context, I'm using macOS Monterey 12, Homebrew 3.4.5, and MySQL 8.0.
MySQL is installed in:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mysql/8.0.28_1/
The configuration file my.cnf is located at /opt/homebrew/etc.
You can change the default port by specifying a new port in the my.cnf file.
First navigate to the homebrew etc folder
cd /opt/homebrew/etc
Append the new port value to the my.cnf file
echo "port = 3307" >> my.cnf
restart the MySQL service
brew services restart mysql
I tried a long time to get mysql running on my Mac (OSX 10.11.13) with mysql 5.7.11 to develop wordpress sites on my local machine...
When I used the app duplicator to migrate a website to my local machine I got errors during the database import. This was caused by to stricked sql_mode...
The trick that made it was:
Going to
/usr/local/mysql-5.7.11/support-files/
and copy the content from my-default.cnf
and paste it to
/etc/my.cnf (if this file does not exist create it!)
at the very last line of my.cnf I added:
sql_mode="NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"
Et voilà: sql_mode is changed permanently!
Whoop whoop!
I installed docker and was having problems with my company wanting to use port 3306 (which is what I was using privately).
Similar problem to you. So this is what I did to fix it.
sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
Then you get a long list of script tags and
Insert <string>--port=3307</string> into the array. Make sure you put it under the other strings and within the array.
I changed my port to 3307 instead of 3306 and now docker is working.