How to install MySQL 5.6 on CentOS 7

CentOS 7 come with MariaDB, a drop-in replacement for MySQL. In some cases, you need to install the Oracle MySQL server.

Download and install MySQL repository

rpm -ivh http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm

Next, you can install the MySQL server by running the command

yum install mysql-community-server

Enable MySQL to start on boot

systemctl enable mysqld

Start MySQL with

systemctl start mysqld

To secure MySQL run

mysql_secure_installation