[SOLVED] How to fix "Could not open required defaults file: /usr/local/ampps/mysql/etc/my.cnf" error?

Issue

When I'm try to run: sudo service mysqld start I get the following error:

Could not open required defaults file: /usr/local/ampps/mysql/etc/my.cnf Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
Starting MySQL.The server quit without updating PID file(/[FAILED]l/ampps/var/mysqld.pid).

I've tried to check if the my.cnf exists or not, and It exits.

Solution

I also had this problem in Artix Linux, to solve it just create the file my.cnf with the following content:

[mysqld]
basedir=/usr
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
user=mysql
pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

After that I was able to run the mysqld service. I don't know in fedora where you have to create it, in my case was inside the directory /etc/mysql but in your case I guess it would be inside /usr/local/ampps/mysql/etc. Hope that helps.

Answered By - Fnr

Answer Checked By - Willingham (WPSolving Volunteer)