Unable to start mariadb service

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • mariadb

Issue

  • Failed to start mariadb service.
[root@workstation ~]# systemctl status mariadb -l
mariadb.service - MariaDB database server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-02-14 02:13:33 EST; 3min 38s ago
  Process: 5773 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mariadb-wait-ready $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 5772 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=/usr (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 5742 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir %n (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 5772 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Stopped MariaDB database server.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB database server...
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mariadb-prepare-db-dir[5742]: Database MariaDB is probably initialized in /var/lib/mysql already, nothing is done.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mysqld_safe[5772]: 190214 02:13:27 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log'.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mysqld_safe[5772]: 190214 02:13:27 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: mariadb.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server.
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state.
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: mariadb.service failed.
[root@workstation ~]#

Resolution

  • As per the logs in the /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log, /mysql-bin.000044 file was misplaced to some other location.
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] mysqld: File './mysql-bin.000044' not found (Errcode: 2)
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Failed to open log (file './mysql-bin.000044', errno 2)
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Could not open log file
  • Locate the file /mysql-bin.000044 and move it back to the original location /var/lib/mysql
[root@workstation ~]# ls /var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin.index 
[root@workstation ~]# find / -name mysql-bin.000009
  • Restart the mariadb service.
[root@workstation ~]# systemctl restart mariadb

Diagnostic Steps

  • Check status of mariadb service.
[root@workstation ~]# systemctl status mariadb -l
mariadb.service - MariaDB database server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-02-14 02:13:33 EST; 3min 38s ago
  Process: 5773 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mariadb-wait-ready $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 5772 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=/usr (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 5742 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir %n (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 5772 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Stopped MariaDB database server.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB database server...
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mariadb-prepare-db-dir[5742]: Database MariaDB is probably initialized in /var/lib/mysql already, nothing is done.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mysqld_safe[5772]: 190214 02:13:27 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log'.
Feb 14 02:13:27 workstation.lab.example.com mysqld_safe[5772]: 190214 02:13:27 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: mariadb.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server.
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state.
Feb 14 02:13:33 workstation.lab.example.com systemd[1]: mariadb.service failed.
[root@workstation ~]#
  • Check /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log for errors.
190213 13:15:01 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
190213 13:15:01 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld (mysqld 5.5.60-MariaDB) starting as process 25896 ...
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.7
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
190213 13:15:01 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
190213 13:15:01  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
190213 13:15:02 example exampleDB (http://www.example.com) 5.5.59-MariaDB-38.11 started; log sequence number 21641416987
190213 13:15:02 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] mysqld: File './mysql-bin.000044' not found (Errcode: 2)
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Failed to open log (file './mysql-bin.000044', errno 2)
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Could not open log file
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Can't init tc log
190213 13:15:02 [ERROR] Aborting

190213 13:15:02  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
190213 13:15:07  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 21641416987
190213 13:15:07 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete

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