Quit MySQL without it restarting on El Capitan

Question

I\'m running OS X 10.11 El Capitan with its built-in server stack (Apache 2.4.16, MySQL 5.6.26).

I need to quit mysql, but killing the process immediately restarts i

Answer 1

On macOS Sierra, this worked for me

Stop MySQL:

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Start MySQL:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Answer 2

As per Theory's answer, this is still effective for Mojave.

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

Per amacrobert, if you are facing this issue of mysqld continuing starting up, this is most likely due to you having mysql installed on the system level and by default, it will startup automatically on a computer restart.

In my situation, I was confused after a computer restart why my docker mysql container complained about an already allocated port. After continual debugging, I remember I installed mysql on the system level and never restarted my computer!

Cheer.

Answer 3

this stopped mysql for me on Mac Sierra

sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.mysql@5.7.plist

Answer 4

On my config I found this:

$ cat /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true />
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe</string>
      <string>--user=mysql</string>
    </array>
  </dict>
</plist>

You need to: change that true tag after KeepAlive to false and unload the daemon as others have suggested. In my case that was: sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist && launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

Once the daemon will have restarted with the new config it will not keep mysql from being shut down when you kill it from the preferences.

Answer 5

What finally worked for me was stopping MySQL through the Mac System Preferences interface. That killed mysql without it coming back.

Answer 6

I found that the following commands worked for me:

To Stop mysql:

sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

To Start mysql:

sudo launchctl load -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist