On the next prompt, you will be asked to set a password for the MySQL root user. Press ENTER if you don’t want to set up the validate password plugin.

There are three levels of password validation policy, low, medium and strong. Which is used to test the strength of the MySQL users passwords. You will be asked to configure the VALIDATE PASSWORD PLUGIN Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD component? It checks the strength of passwordĪnd allows the users to set only those passwords which are VALIDATE PASSWORD COMPONENT can be used to test passwordsĪnd improve security. Run the mysql_secure_installation command to set the root password and to improve the security of the MySQL installation: sudo mysql_secure_installation Securing the MySQL server deployment.Ĭonnecting to MySQL using a blank password. Process: 14797 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql-8.0/mysql-systemd-start pre (co Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rvice enabled vendor preset:Īctive: active (running) since Thu 17:22:18 UTC 18s ago We can check the MySQL service status by typing: sudo systemctl status mysql

Once the installation is completed, the MySQL service will start automatically.

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