Installation of MySql Server on MAC and my.cnf file does not exist” error on MySQL Workbench
To install MySql Server on MAC
1 – Download installer from this link – http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads
2 – Install it
3 – Run the server setup wizard
4 – You may need to restart the MAC to start the MySql service.
5 – After restart start the server setup wizard again
6 – Download and Install MySql workbench from the MySql site
7 – Open MySql and create a local server instance
8 – Follow the steps and you may get an error at the end like “my.cnf file does not exist” error on MySQL Workbench “
9 – To resolve this, go to this location cd /usr/local/mysql/support-files/
10 – Copy using this command sudo cp my-huge.cnf /etc/my.cnf
11 – Then run the local server instance from Mysql Workbench again
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