Job for mysqld.service failed See "systemctl status mysqld.service"

Console says

[root@ip-172-31-18-2 mysql]# service mysqld start
Starting mysqld (via systemctl):  Job for mysqld.service failed because the control process exited with an error code. See "systemctl status mysqld.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

mysqld.service

[root@ip-172-31-18-2 mysql]# systemctl status mysqld.service
● mysqld.service - SYSV: MySQL database server.
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2017-02-18 20:59:17 IST; 36s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 9925 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 18 20:59:16 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: MySQL database server....
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal mysqld[9925]: MySQL Daemon failed to start.
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal mysqld[9925]: Starting mysqld:  [FAILED]
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal systemd[1]: mysqld.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: MySQL database server..
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal systemd[1]: Unit mysqld.service entered failed state.
Feb 18 20:59:17 ip-172-31-18-2.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal systemd[1]: mysqld.service failed.

What I have tried until now:

mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/my.cf

chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

 /etc/init.d/mysqld stop

systemctl restart systemd-logind

rebooted the server

Still no luck.

my.cnf file

# For advice on how to change settings please see
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-configuration-defaults.html

[mysqld]
#
# Remove leading # and set to the amount of RAM for the most important data
# cache in MySQL. Start at 70% of total RAM for a dedicated server, else 10%.
# innodb_buffer_pool_size = 128M
#
# Remove leading # to turn on a very important data integrity option: logging
# changes to the binary log between backups.
# log_bin
#
# Remove leading # to set options mainly useful for reporting servers.
# The server defaults are faster for transactions and fast SELECTs.
# Adjust sizes as needed, experiment to find the optimal values.
# join_buffer_size = 128M
# sort_buffer_size = 2M
# read_rnd_buffer_size = 2M
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
symbolic-links=0

log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

This amazingly worked.

/etc/init.d/mysql stop
service mysql stop
killall -KILL mysql mysqld_safe mysqld
/etc/init.d/mysql start
service mysql start

I had the same error, the problem was because I no longer had disk space. to check the space run this:

$ df -h

Then delete some files that you didn't need.

After this commands:

service mysql start
systemctl status mysql.service
mysql -u root -p

After entering with the root password verify that the mysql service was active

I met this problem today, and fix it with bellowed steps.

1, Check the log file /var/log/mysqld.log

tail -f /var/log/mysqld.log

 2017-03-14T07:06:53.374603Z 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 2 - No such file or directory)
 2017-03-14T07:06:53.374614Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: No such file or directory

The log says that there isn't a file or directory /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

2, Create the directory /var/run/mysqld

mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld/

3, Start the mysqld again service mysqld start, but still fail, check the log again /var/log/mysqld.log

2017-03-14T07:14:22.967667Z 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)
2017-03-14T07:14:22.967678Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: Permission denied

It saids permission denied.

4, Grant the permission to mysql chown mysql.mysql /var/run/mysqld/

5, Restart the mysqld

# service mysqld restart
Restarting mysqld (via systemctl):                         [  OK  ]

These are the steps I took to correct this:

Back up your my.cnf file in /etc/mysql and remove or rename it

sudo mv /etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf.bak

Remove the folder /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/ using

sudo rm -r /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/

Verify you don't have a my.cnf file stashed somewhere else (I did in my home dir!) or in /etc/alternatives/my.cnf use

sudo find / -name my.cnf

Now reinstall every thing

sudo apt purge mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
sudo apt install mysql-server

In case your syslog shows an error like "mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/'" create a symbolic link:

sudo ln -s /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d /etc/mysql/conf.d

Then the service should be able to start with sudo service mysql start.

I hope it work

In my particular case, the error was appearing due to missing /var/log/mysql with mysql-server package 5.7.21-1 on Debian-based Linux distro. Having ran strace and sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld --daemonize --pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ( which is what the systemd service actually runs), it became apparent that the issue was due to this:

2019-01-01T09:09:22.102568Z 0 [ERROR] Could not open file '/var/log/mysql/error.log' for error logging: No such file or directory

I've recently removed contents of several directories in /var/log so it was no surprise. The solution was to create the directory and make it owned by mysql user as in

$ sudo mkdir /var/log/mysql
$ sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /var/log/mysql

Having done that I've happily logged in via sudo mysql -u root and greeted with the old and familiar mysql> prompt

if your problem not fix, you can try check more problem.

maybe mysql crash , like this :

you can check log in

> sudo cat /var/log/mysql/error.log

or you check

> sudo ls /var/crash

try

sudo chown mysql:mysql -R /var/lib/mysql

then start your mysql service

systemctl start mysqld

the issue is with the "/etc/mysql/my.cnf". this file must be modified by other libraries that you installed. this is how it originally should look like:

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is also distributed with certain software (including
# but not limited to OpenSSL) that is licensed under separate terms,
# as designated in a particular file or component or in included license
# documentation.  The authors of MySQL hereby grant you an additional
# permission to link the program and your derivative works with the
# separately licensed software that they have included with MySQL.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License, version 2.0, for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA

#
# The MySQL  Server configuration file.
#
# For explanations see
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html

# * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file!
#   The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored.
#

!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
    
!includedir /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/

I was also facing same issue .

root@*******:/root >mysql -uroot -password

> mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be > insecure. ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

I found ROOT FS was also full and then I killed below lock session . 
root@**********:/var/lib/mysql >ls -ltr
total 0
-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep  9 06:41 mysql.sock.lock

Finally Issue solved .

1. open my.cnf and copy the log-error path

2. then check the permission for the copied log file using
   $ ls -l /var/log/mysql.log

3. if any log file permission may changed from mysql:mysql, please change the file permission to
   $ chown -R mysql:mysql /var/log/mysql.log

4. then restart the mysql server
   $ service mysql restart || systemctl restart mysqld

note: this kind of errors formed by the permission issues. all the mysql service start commands using the log file for writing the status of mysql. If the permission has been changed, the service can't be write anything into the log files. If it happens it will stopped to run the service

remove any command of "secure_file_priv" in /etc/mysql/my.cnf and restart mysql. If you want to use a file in mysql, copy those files to the main folder. The main folder is obtained this way : SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "secure_file_priv";

You can purge all mysql-related packages and reinstall them with the following commands:

PACKAGES="mysql-server mysql-community-server mysql-community-server-core mysql-client mysql-client mysql-community-client mysql-community-client-core  mysql-common mysql-community-client-plugins php-mysql"
apt purge $PACKAGES
echo "any remaining installed packages:"
dpkg -l|grep ii|grep mysql
apt install --reinstall mysql-common
apt install $PACKAGES

If there are any remaining packages (apart from mysql-core), add those to your list

Backup your config or data and reinstall mysql

sudo apt remove --purge mysql-server
sudo apt purge mysql-server
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt remove dbconfig-mysql


sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql* -y
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo apt-get autoclean

Then install it again.

That works here.

i have got the same "systemctl status mysql.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. ERROR. after repeated deinstallation and installation does not work at all. but this one work well> https://linuxtut.com/en/5a5b0f46620ae1b27b10/

you just need to remove everything from my.cnf file except [mysqld] and start the server. this really work. but you might not have the password for root in that case skip-grant-tables and restart server in safe mode and use mysql and update mysql.user set authentication_string=null where user='root' and then can alter user 'root'@'localhost' identified by 'your_$$new_99pwd#'; then login to secure mode and then you can create new user.

Also don't forget to check on your docker containers, for me it was my docker has mysql running on the background.

Had the same problem. Solved as given below. Use command :

sudo tail -f /var/log/messages|grep -i mysql

to check if SELinux policy is causing the issue. If so, first check if SELinux policy is enabled using command #sestatus. If it shows enabled, then disable it. To disable:

1. # vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
2. change 'SELINUX=enforcing' to 'SELINUX=disabled'
3. restart linux
4. check with sestatus and it should show "disabled"

Uninstall and reinstall mysql. It should be working.