How to Install MySQL 8 on Ubuntu 18.04

How to Install MySQL 8 on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted by MySQL on 2019-11-28 21:35:00

Introduction

MySQL is open-source relational database management server and mostly used in web-base technology and is owned by Oracle.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS System
  • SSH access with sudo privileges
  • Firewall Port: 3306

New Features in MySQL 8.0

  • Transnational Data Dictionary
  • Atomic Data Definition Statement Support
  • Enhanced Security and account management.
  • Persistent runtime configuration
  • Table encryption management
  • MySQL’s JSON functionality Enhancements
  • Support different types of indexes and Query Optimization
  • Supports windows functions
  • Handling client connections on multiple network interfaces

If you want to know detailed features of MySQL 8.0 , go through this link.

Step 1: Add/Install MySQL APT Repository
 

Ubuntu comes with default package repositories and it is now latest version, if we want to add/install latest repositories then we have to add/install package repositories.

Below are commands to add/download MySQL APT repository using command line,

# sudo wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb

Output:

 

 

then, below command is to install above downloaded apt repository,

# sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.10-1_all.deb

when we run above command like below prompt will open, click on Ok.

 

 

Step 2: Update MySQL Repository and Install MySQL 8 on Ubuntu
 

Using above commands , we have downloaded apt repository and installed, next we have to update apt repository and install MySQL 8.0 using below commands,

# sudo apt-get update

# sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Next, you’ll we prompted to enter MySQL root password to access database.

 

 

 

 

After entering password , it’s asks for password encryption feature and it is recommended, but here i am selecting Use Legecy Authentication Method.

 

 

after that, you will see output like below,

 

 

Step 3: Secure MySQL Installation

MySQL Server comes with a script mysql_secure_installation this can do multiple security related operations,

Run the below script on command prompt. you’ll first be need to enter the root password which you created during MySQL setup.

You will be asked to opt VALIDATE PASSWORD PLUGIN or not. This enables we to test MySQL Passwords and improve security.

Next, you have to enter yes or No to below security features,

  • Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No)
  • Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No)
  • Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No)
  • Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No)
  • Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No)
$ mysql_secure_installation

Securing the MySQL server deployment.

Enter password for user root:

Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD plugin?

Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No: No



Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : No



Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y



Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y



Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y



Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y



Success.

All done!

Step 4: Login to MySQL Database
 

Use below command to login MySQL database

# mysql -u root -p

here , -u flags specifies User Name and -p flags specifies Password.

After entering password , we can see below welcome message,

 

 

Step 5: Start,Stop,Restart and Check Status of MySQL Service

To start MySQL Service

sudo systemctl start mysql.service

To stop MySQL Service

sudo systemctl stop mysql.service

To restart of MySQL Service

sudo systemctl restart mysql.service

To check status of MySQL Service

sudo systemctl status mysql.service

Troubleshooting:

Ubuntu/Debian apt-get “KEYEXPIRED: The following signatures were invalid”

How to Solve an Expired key (KEYEXPIRED) with apt

While updating apt packages if you are getting KEYEXPIRED message ( A4A9 4068 76FC BD3C 4567  70C8 8C71 8D3B 5072 E1F5 )

use below command to check expired key lists,

$ sudo apt-key list | grep -A 1 expired

Output:

pub   dsa1024 2003-02-03 [SCA] [expired: 2019-02-17]

      A4A9 4068 76FC BD3C 4567  70C8 8C71 8D3B 5072 E1F5

uid           [ expired] MySQL Release Engineering <[email protected]>



/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-keyring-2012-archive.gpg

------------------------------------------------------

pub   rsa4096 2012-05-11 [SC]

      790B C727 7767 219C 42C8  6F93 3B4F E6AC C0B2 1F32

uid           [ unknown] Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <[email protected]>



/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-keyring-2012-cdimage.gpg

We can see the expired key list,

 

 

update the key:

use below command to update the key,

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 70C8 8C71 8D3B 5072 E1F5 [KEY]

Output:

Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.5R54mS1bQd/gpg.1.sh --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 8C718D3B5072E1F5

gpg: key 8C718D3B5072E1F5: 3 duplicate signatures removed

gpg: key 8C718D3B5072E1F5: 99 signatures not checked due to missing keys

gpg: key 8C718D3B5072E1F5: "MySQL Release Engineering <[email protected]>" 26 new signatures

gpg: Total number processed: 1

gpg:         new signatures: 26