Change the MySQL database storage location in Ubuntu

The database file storage location in the default configuration of MySQL installed in Ubuntu is/var/lib/mysql. If you have not mounted/var to a large enough partition, then/var will share the available space with the root directory/in the same partition.

The database file storage location in the default configuration of MySQL installed in Ubuntu is/var/lib/mysql. If you have not mounted/var to a large enough partition, then/var will share the available space with the root directory/in the same partition. Most users usually mount an independent partition for/home, so this article is about how to change the MySQL database storage location to another mount location.

What is the file structure of the MySQL database? For the Database Command created in this way:

Create database mysqldb

The default database storage location contains a folder named mysqldb. To operate the database, you must stop the database process first:

$ Sudo/etc/init. d/mysql stop

The following command transfers the original database to the new location by taking the location of/home/mysql as an example:

$ Sudo cp-R-p/var/lib/mysql/home/mysql

Edit the MySQL configuration file:

$ Gksu gedit/etc/mysql/my. cnf

Find the datadir line in gedit, change the content after the equal sign to/home/mysql, and save and exit. Since Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu has started to use a security software called AppArmor, which creates a region in your file system that allows application access (Terminology: application access control ). If you do not modify the AppArmor configuration file for MySQL, you will never be able to start the Database Service for the newly set database storage location. Configure AppArmor:

$ Sudo nano/etc/apparmor. d/usr. sbin. mysqld

Find/var/lib/mysql/In gedit, comment out the two lines, and add a symbol "#" before the two lines to comment out, add the following content before or after the two rows:

/Home/mysql/r,

/Home/mysql/** rwk,

Save and exit. Run the following command:

$ Sudo/etc/init. d/apparmor reload

Return Reloading AppArmor profiles: done. You can restart the MySQL service:

$ Sudo/etc/init. d/mysql start

Now the storage location of the MySQL database has been changed.

FAQ:

Q: When I run $ sudo/etc/init. d/apparmor reload, information is returned.

Skipping profile/etc/apparmor. d/usr. sbin. mysqld ~

: Warning.

MySQL service cannot be started. What should I do?

A: This problem may occur because you used commands like $ sudo gedit or $ gksu gedit to edit usr. sbin. for the configuration file mysqld, the two graphic interface text editors will generate a usr at the same location. sbin. mysqld ~ This affects AppArmor's reading of the configuration file. If this problem occurs, delete usr. sbin. mysqld ~ File:

$ Sudo rm/etc/apparmor. d/usr. sbin. mysqld ~

Then, use the terminal text editor $ sudo nano to edit the configuration file.