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Upgrade MySQL Server 5.5 to 5.7 on Oracle Linux 7

By Wadhah DAOUEHI | May 9, 2019 |Linux, MySQL, Oracle

We are going to upgrade my MySQL server 5.5.62 running on On my Oracle Linux 7 to MySQL
server to 5.7.26.

Table of Contents:
check my current version
Backup my databases
Install the new MySQL server version
Upgrade my data

1. check my current version:

a. We are using Oracle Linux 7:

# cat /etc/oracle-release

Oracle Linux Server release 7.5

# uname -a

Linux MySQL-server 4.1.12-124.18.6.el7uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Wed Aug

b. My Curring MySQL server version is 5.5.62

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# rpm -qa|grep -i mysql

MySQL-server-5.5.62-1.el7.x86_64

MySQL-client-5.5.62-1.el7.x86_64

c. Check my MySQL server status

# mysql -uroot -pmysql

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 2

Server version: 5.5.62 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rig

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or i

affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current i

mysql> status

mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.62, for Linux (x86_64) using readl
Connection id: 2

Current database:

Current user: root@localhost

SSL: Not in use

Current pager: stdout

Using outfile: ''

Using delimiter: ;

Server version: 5.5.62 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Protocol version: 10

Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket

Server characterset: latin1

Db characterset: latin1

Client characterset: utf8

Conn. characterset: utf8

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UNIX socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

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Uptime: 1 min 14 sec

Threads: 1 Questions: 9 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 33 Flush tab

mysql>

2. Backup my Databases before the

upgrade:
We have used the mysqldump tool to make a full databases backup:

# mysqldump -uroot -p --routines --events --flush-privileges --

Stop and remove my old MySQL version:

# rpm -e MySQL-server-5.5.62-1.el7.x86_64

# rpm -e MySQL-client-5.5.62-1.el7.x86_64

3. Install the new MySQL server version

5.7.26:
a. We are going to install the MySQL server version 5.7.26

# rpm -Uvh mysql-community-common-5.7.26-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

# rpm -Uvh mysql-community-libs-5.7.26-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

# rpm -Uvh mysql-community-client-5.7.26-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

# rpm -Uvh mysql-community-server-5.7.26-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

b. Check the new client version:

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# mysql -V

mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.26, for Linux (x86_64) using Edit

c. Start the new MySQL server:

# systemctl start mysqld

4. Upgrade the MySQL server metadata:

We are going to use the mysql_upgrade command to upgrade the mysql serrver data to the new
version. for more info of mysql_upgrade.

# mysql_upgrade -uroot -p

Enter password:

Checking if update is needed.

Checking server version.

Running queries to upgrade MySQL server.

Checking system database.

mysql.columns_priv OK

mysql.db OK

mysql.engine_cost OK

mysql.event OK

mysql.func OK

mysql.general_log OK

mysql.gtid_executed OK

mysql.help_category OK

mysql.help_keyword OK

mysql.help_relation OK

mysql.help_topic OK

mysql.host OK

mysql.innodb_index_stats OK
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mysql.innodb_table_stats OK

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mysql.ndb_binlog_index OK

mysql.plugin OK

mysql.proc OK

mysql.procs_priv OK

mysql.proxies_priv OK

mysql.server_cost OK

mysql.servers OK

mysql.slave_master_info OK

mysql.slave_relay_log_info OK

mysql.slave_worker_info OK

mysql.slow_log OK

mysql.tables_priv OK

mysql.time_zone OK

mysql.time_zone_leap_second OK

mysql.time_zone_name OK

mysql.time_zone_transition OK

mysql.time_zone_transition_type OK

mysql.user OK

Upgrading the sys schema.

Checking databases.

sys.sys_config OK

world_innodb.City OK

world_innodb.Country OK

world_innodb.CountryLanguage OK

Upgrade process completed successfully.

Checking if update is needed.

Check now the new running version:

# mysql -uroot -p

Enter password:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 2

Server version: 5.7.26 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or i

affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current i
mysql> status;

mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.26, for Linux (x86_64) using Edit
Connection id: 2

Current database:

Current user: root@localhost

SSL: Not in use

Current pager: stdout

Using outfile: ''

Using delimiter: ;

Server version: 5.7.26 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Protocol version: 10

Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket

Server characterset: latin1

Db characterset: latin1

Client characterset: utf8

Conn. characterset: utf8

UNIX socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

Uptime: 37 sec

Threads: 1 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 105 Flush ta

mysql> exit

Bye

Conclusion:
We have upgraded my MySQL server databases from the version 5.5 to 5.7 on Oracle Linux 7.

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