How make mysql start automatically ? (linux-cli only)

Question

How can i make mysql start every time the system boot ? I need that in a dedicated server(ubuntu distro) in which i have my blog, but every time the server goes down, on boo

Answer 1

Another place to look for clues as to what is and isn't starting at boot time...

/etc/init.d/.depend.start (and its buddy at shutdown time, .depend.stop)

Here's a little more info http://www.pyenet.co.nz/2-202-1-customising-system-startup-and-boot-processes/

I had 2 servers - after booting, 1 would have mysql running, the other not so much.

On the box where mysql was starting at boot time:

• chkconfig wasn't even installed
• there were zero links from any scripts in /etc/rc?.d/* back to /etc/init.d/mysql

• BUT... /etc/init.d/.depend.start contained:

  TARGETS = halt apache2 umountfs umountnfs.sh sendsigs networking umountroot reboot killprocs unattended-upgrades urandom mysql mdadm dns-clean landscape-client pppd-dns sysstat rsync sudo postfix single grub-common ondemand rc.local
  INTERACTIVE = apache2
  postfix: mysql
  single: killprocs dns-clean pppd-dns
  grub-common: apache2 unattended-upgrades postfix mysql mdadm dns-clean landscape-client pppd-dns sysstat rsync sudo
  ondemand: apache2 unattended-upgrades postfix mysql mdadm dns-clean landscape-client pppd-dns sysstat rsync sudo
  rc.local: apache2 unattended-upgrades postfix mysql mdadm dns-clean landscape-client pppd-dns sysstat rsync sudo
  

When I simply copied this file over to the problem server, and rebooted, mysql was up & running.