Autostart MySQL Server on Mac OS X Yosemite/El Capitan

Question

I would like to auto start the MySQL server on startup. This was possible in Mavericks but seems to be not working on Yosemite.

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Answer 1

None of the other provided answers worked to auto-start my MySQL server. I followed the instructions from the MySQL 5.6 handbook and it finally auto-starts again! Create the file /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist with the following content:

    Label             com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld
    ProcessType       Interactive
    Disabled          
    RunAtLoad         
    KeepAlive         
    SessionCreate     
    LaunchOnlyOnce    
    UserName          _mysql
    GroupName         _mysql
    ExitTimeOut       600
    Program           /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld
    ProgramArguments
        
            /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld
            --user=_mysql
            --basedir=/usr/local/mysql
            --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data
            --plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin
            --log-error=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.err
            --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.pid
            --port=3306
        
    WorkingDirectory  /usr/local/mysql

And run the following commands after creating the file:

cd /Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo launchctl load -F com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist