Job for mysqld.service failed See "systemctl status mysqld.service"
This amazingly worked.
/etc/init.d/mysql stopservice mysql stopkillall -KILL mysql mysqld_safe mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql startservice mysql start
I met this problem today, and fix it with bellowed steps.
1, Check the log file /var/log/mysqld.log
tail -f /var/log/mysqld.log 2017-03-14T07:06:53.374603Z 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 2 - No such file or directory) 2017-03-14T07:06:53.374614Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: No such file or directory
The log says that there isn't a file or directory /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
2, Create the directory /var/run/mysqld
mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld/
3, Start the mysqld again service mysqld start
, but still fail, check the log again /var/log/mysqld.log
2017-03-14T07:14:22.967667Z 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)2017-03-14T07:14:22.967678Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: Permission denied
It saids permission denied.
4, Grant the permission to mysqlchown mysql.mysql /var/run/mysqld/
5, Restart the mysqld
# service mysqld restartRestarting mysqld (via systemctl): [ OK ]
These are the steps I took to correct this:
Back up your my.cnf file in /etc/mysql and remove or rename it
sudo mv /etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf.bak
Remove the folder /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/ using
sudo rm -r /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/
Verify you don't have a my.cnf file stashed somewhere else (I did in my home dir!) or in /etc/alternatives/my.cnf use
sudo find / -name my.cnf
Now reinstall every thing
sudo apt purge mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7sudo apt install mysql-server
In case your syslog shows an error like "mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/'" create a symbolic link:
sudo ln -s /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d /etc/mysql/conf.d
Then the service should be able to start with sudo service mysql start.
I hope it work