Where are MySQL logs stored?

Better Stack Team
Updated on November 23, 2022

The official distributions for individual UNIX/Linux platforms are typically script-based, with little or no interactive configuration during installation.

Some installation packages (including Yum and APT) create the error log in /var/log/ or var/log/mysql/ with a name like error.log or mysqld.log.

The data directory will typically be /var/lib/mysql/ or something similar, and it will serve as the default destination for any logs that are enabled without an alternate path.

The log settings are managed via a user-editable configuration file such as /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf. These settings include log names and paths as well as enable/disable switches.

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