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shareyourpeace
3,244 PointsIn the course we change the preference port settings in MAMP. MySQL will not turn green....start
This is a question from the Wordpress development track: customizing your local server setup on a Mac.
MAMP > preferences > set web & MySQL ports to 80 & 3306.
The apache server is started.... Green.
The MySQL server is not started.... Not green.
Can someone help troubleshoot this please. Thanks
1 Answer
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Pointsshareyourpeace,
Believe it or not, this is a common (but not frequent) MAMP problem. Try this:
- Shut down Apache and exit MAMP.
- Type the following at the command line (in Terminal or whatever you use):
killall -9 mysqld
- Restart MAMP and the servers
If that doesn't work, then you've likely got a problem with the mySQL installation itself, and that'll require some digging and Googling on your part.
shareyourpeace
3,244 Pointsshareyourpeace
3,244 PointsThanks James.
I actually tried what you suggestion prior to viewing you suggestion.
It had to do with the version of apache and my sequel that had been started in the manual configuration of MAMP. My thought was that there were two instances trying to access the same port.
I posted a different question which details the troubleshooting.
Can you take a look if you have a chance. Thanks