How do you stop MySQL on a Mac OS install?

Question

I installed MySQL via MacPorts. What is the command I need to stop the server (I need to test how my application behave when MySQL is dead)?

Answer 1

After try all those command line, and it is not work.I have to do following stuff:

mv /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.16/bin/mysqld /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.16/bin/mysqld.bak
mysql.server stop

This way works, the mysqld process is gone. but the /var/log/system.log have a lot of rubbish:

Jul  9 14:10:54 xxx com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (homebrew.mxcl.mysql[78049]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Jul  9 14:10:54 xxx com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (homebrew.mxcl.mysql): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

Answer 2

You can always use command "mysqladmin shutdown"

Answer 3

If you installed the MySQL 5 package with MacPorts:

sudo launchctl  unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist 

Or

sudo launchctl  unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5-devel.plist 

if you installed the mysql5-devel package.

Answer 4

Latest OSX (10.8) and mysql 5.6, the file is under Launch Daemons and is com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist. It presents an option under System Options, usually the bottom of the list. So go to system settings, click on Mysql, and turn it off from the option box. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/osx-installation-launchd.html

Answer 5

For me it's working with a "mysql5"

sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist

Answer 6

If you are using homebrew you can use

brew services restart mysql
brew services start mysql
brew services stop mysql

for a list of available services

brew services list