You just installed MySQL server for the first time.

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You can start it using:

 rcmysql start

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During first start empty database will be created for your automatically.

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PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MariaDB root USER !

To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:

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'/usr/bin/mysqladmin' -u root password 'new-password'

'/usr/bin/mysqladmin' -u root -h <hostname> password 'new-password'

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Alternatively you can run:

'/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation'

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which will also give you the option of removing the test

databases and anonymous user created by default. This is

strongly recommended for production servers.

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