Oracle^® Solaris Cluster Data Service for MySQL Guide

Verifying the Installation and Configuration of MySQL

This section contains the procedure you need to verify the installation and configuration.

How to Verify the Installation and Configuration of MySQL

This procedure does not verify that your application is highly available because you have not yet installed your data service.

1. (Optional) Log in to your target zone.

   # zlogin mysql-zone

2. Start the MySQL Server for this instance.

   # cd MySQL-Base-directory
   # ./bin/mysqld --defaults-file=MySQL-Database-directory/my.cnf \
   --basedir=MySQL-Base-directory \
   --datadir=MySQL-Database-directory \
   --user=mysql --pid-file=MySQL-Database-directory/mysqld.pid &

3. Connect to the MySQL instance.

   # MySQL-Base-directory/bin/mysql -S /tmp/Logical-host.sock -uroot

4. Stop the MySQL server instance.

   # kill -TERM `cat MySQL-Database-directory/mysqld.pid

5. (Optional) Leave the target zone.