Problem scenario
You install mysql on a RedHat (RHEL) Linux server in AWS. You run this command: mysql -u root -p
But you get this message:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
How can you get around this problem and get to a SQL interface?
Solution
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service