Re: Can't start the server after installation

On 10/05/2021 11.19, Fokke Nauta wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We run a Windows 10 Pro x64 pc as a server. MySQL was installed and ran 
> fine. No problems. Recently I tried to update it with the 8.0.24 
> installer. Everything worked fine, except that when applying the 
> configuration, the server won't start. I waited quite a long time, 
> untill I got a popup with the message "MySQL server 8.0.24 configuration 
> is taking longer than expected".
> Then I stopped the proces and uninstalled the server and it's components 
> completely.
> I installed a new server, 8.0.24. Settings: Developement (default). Same 
> problem, installation works fine but the server won't start. After 
> waiting a long time I interrupted the process and uninstalled the server 
> again and all of it's components. Then I installed the server again, but 
> now as MySQL server only.
> The same problem ocurred.
> What can be wrong? What can I do to make the server run?

I suggest you start your event viewer and look for events in there, sure 
it had been easier if it has been searchable, but sadly closed source 
products ain't that user friendly.
Stability with the combination MySQL and MS-Windows have been bad, I 
would recommend to use another OS to run it on, for local testing WSL 
seems to work quite ok.


I would do recommend you to test MariaDB, go for the 10.x version, it's 
open with it's bug fixes which Oracle ain't. Still they are more or less 
just drop in replacements for each other.

-- 

  //Aho