{"id":2245,"date":"2015-06-16T09:39:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T09:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2021-02-09T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:27:13","slug":"how-to-change-default-mysql-data-directory-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-change-default-mysql-data-directory-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change default MySQL Data Directory in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mostly MySQL uses <strong>\/var\/lib\/mysql<\/strong> directory as default data directory for Linux based systems. But if you\u00a0wanted to change your data folder\u00a0to another location,Follow the below steps to make all the changes:<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Use all the command as per you system settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Stop MySQL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before making any changes, first make sure to stop<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-upgrade-mysql-on-cpanel-server\/\">mysql<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">service<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">service mysqld stop<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Create New MYSQL directory where you want to move your data.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">mkdir \/home\/mysql<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>3. Change Data Directory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now move default MySQL data directory (\/var\/lib\/mysql) to other location as per your requirement. Also set the required MySQL ownership on new directory location.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">mv \/var\/lib\/mysql \/home\/mysql\r\nchown mysql.mysql \/home\/mysql<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now edit MySQL default configuration file \/etc\/my.cnf and update values of datadir and socket variable.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">Change From:\r\ndatadir=\/var\/lib\/mysql\r\nsocket=\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sock\r\n\r\nChange To: \r\ndatadir=\/home\/mysql\r\nsocket=\/home\/mysql\/mysql.sock<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>4. Start MySQL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After making all above changes. finally start MySQL service. Now it will use new data directory path.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">Change From:\r\ndatadir=\/var\/lib\/mysql\r\nsocket=\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sock\r\n\r\nChange To: \r\ndatadir=\/data\/mysql\r\nsocket=\/data\/mysql\/mysql.sock<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After making all above changes. Start MySQL service. Now it will use new data directory path.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">service mysqld start<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once this is done check your websites and make sure that everything is working fine. 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