Creating a Database Directory

Create a data directory to store MariaDB data files.

1. Create a data directory /data and related directories for processes.

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   mkdir /data mkdir -p /data/mariadb cd /data/mariadb mkdir data tmp run log

2. Change the user group and user permission on the data directory to mysql:mysql.

   1	chown -R mysql:mysql /data