How to Start or Stop MySQL Service

Start MySQL service

To start MySQL service on a UNIX-alike system or on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), simply run the following command:

sudo service mysql start

The output looks like the following:

 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                                                                No directory, logging in with HOME=/
                                                                                                             [ OK ]

Check MySQL service status

Run the following command to check service status:

$ sudo service mysql status
 * /usr/bin/mysqladmin  Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.7.32, for Linux on x86_64
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Server version          5.7.32-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Protocol version        10
Connection              Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket             /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Uptime:                 1 min 35 sec

Threads: 1  Questions: 8  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 108  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 26  Queries per second avg: 0.084

Stop MySQL service

To stop the service, simply run the following command:

sudo service mysql stop
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                                                      [ OK ]