CentOS7.4 source installation MySQL8.0

The official version 8.0.11 of MySQL 8 has been released. Officially, MySQL 8 is 2 times faster than MySQL 5.7, and it also brings a lot of improvements and faster performance!

The following is the record of my installation process on April 23, 2018. The whole process takes about an hour, and the make && make install process takes longer.

1. Environment

　　CentOS7.4 64-bit Minimal Installation

2. Preparations

　　1. Install dependencies

       yum -y install wget  cmake gcc gcc-c++ ncurses  ncurses-devel  libaio-devel  openssl openssl-devel

 　　2. Download the source package

       wget https: // cdn.mysql.com // Downloads/MySQL-8.0/mysql-boost-8.0.11.tar.gz (this version comes with boost)

　　3. Create mysql user

       groupadd mysql
       useradd -r -g mysql -s /bin/false mysql

 　　4. Create the installation directory and data directory

      mkdir -p /usr/local/mysql
      mkdir -p /data/mysql

3. Install MySQL8.0.11

　　1. Unzip the source package

      tar -zxf mysql-boost-8.0.11.tar.gz -C /usr/local

　　2. Compile & Install

      cd /usr/local/mysql-8.0.11
      cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/mysql -DMYSQL_DATADIR=/usr/local/mysql/data -DSYSCONFDIR=/etc -DMYSQL_TCP_PORT=3306 -DWITH_BOOST=/usr/local/mysql-8.0.11/boost 
      make  && make install

　　3. Configure the my.cnf file

      cat /etc/my.cnf
      [mysqld]
      server-id=1
      port=3306
      basedir=/usr/local/mysql
      datadir =/data/mysql 
　　　 ##Please add parameters according to the actual situation

 　　4. Directory permission modification

      chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql
      chown -R mysql:mysql /data/mysql
      chmod 755 /usr/local/mysql -R
      chmod 755 /data/mysql -R

　　5. Initialization

      bin/mysqld --initialize --user=mysql --datadir=/data/mysql/
      bin/mysql_ssl_rsa_setup

 　　6. Start mysql

      bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

 　　7. Modify account password

      bin/mysql  -uroot -p
      mysql> alter user 'root'@'localhost' identified by "123456";

        mysql> show databases;
        +--------------------+
        | Database           |
        +--------------------+
        | information_schema |
        | mysql              |
        | performance_schema |
        | sys                |
        +--------------------+
       4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

　　　　##Add remote special account

　　　　mysql> create user root@'%' identified by '123456';
　　　　Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

　　　　mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to root@'%';
　　　　Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

　　　　mysql> flush privileges;
　　　　Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

 　　8. Create soft links ( optional )

     ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

　　　　mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -uroot -p123456 -e "select version();"
　　　　mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
　　　　+-----------+
　　　　| version() |
　　　　+-----------+
　　　　| 8.0.11    |
　　　　+-----------+

 　　9. Add to startup ( non-essential )

     cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql.server

Hereby note : MySQL officially recommends the binary installation method. (The picture below is a screenshot of the official document)