I am unable to start my MySQL server 5.7 running on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. System is on a virtual box being hosted on a Windows 10 x64 machine. I have 4GB of memory allocated and 2 cores.
I can not get the MySQL server to start and my best guess is that I need to edit and/or possibly move copies of the MySQL my.cnf files as part of the installation/set-up.
The below instructions from file /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
refers to a directory for user-specific options, but I am not clear as to what user-specific directory to copy.
You can copy this to one of:
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
to set global options,
~/.my.cnf
to set user-specific options.
I am not signed into the OS as the admin but as myself per the guide I used for the initial set-up. Also, I am obviously new to Linux and the command line.