MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 7.3-7.4 Reference Guide
OS X uses launch daemons to automatically start, stop, and manage processes and applications such as MySQL.
Before MySQL 5.6.26, the OS X builds installed startup items instead of launchd daemons. However, startup items do not function as of OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). The OS X builds now install launchd daemons.
By default, the installation package (DMG) on OS X installs a
launchd file named
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
that contains a plist definition similar to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld</string> <key>ProcessType</key> <string>Interactive</string> <key>Disabled</key> <false/> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> <key>SessionCreate</key> <true/> <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key> <false/> <key>UserName</key> <string>_mysql</string> <key>GroupName</key> <string>_mysql</string> <key>ExitTimeOut</key> <integer>600</integer> <key>Program</key> <string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld</string> <string>--user=_mysql</string> <string>--basedir=/usr/local/mysql</string> <string>--datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data</string> <string>--plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin</string> <string>--log-error=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.err</string> <string>--pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.pid</string> </array> <key>WorkingDirectory</key> <string>/usr/local/mysql</string> </dict> </plist>
Some users report that adding a plist DOCTYPE declaration causes the launchd operation to fail, despite it passing the lint check. We suspect it's a copy-n-paste error. The md5 checksum of a file containing the above snippet is 60d7963a0bb2994b69b8b9c123db09df.
To enable the launchd service, you can either:
Click
from the MySQL preference pane.Or, manually load the launchd file.
shell> cd /Library/LaunchDaemons shell> sudo launchctl load -F com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
To configure MySQL to automatically start at bootup, you can:
shell> sudo launchctl load -w com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
When upgrading MySQL server, the launchd installation process removes the old startup items that were installed with MySQL server 5.6.25 and earlier.