Andrew Fletcher 15 January 2021 (updated) 1 minute read
To add ejabberd and run MYSQL to the server I needed to update the server version of mysql from 5.5 to 5.7. Fortunately, there are great instructions on the Plesk support page regarding how to achieve this outcome.
As a point of reference, as I worked through the steps... step 10 you need to restart the MYSQL server. This is a quick progress by running the following command
service mysqld start
However, for me it failed. To correct this I needed to edit the my.cnf file located in the etc directory (/etc/my.cnf).
vi /etc/my.cnf
Search for the line innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=500K and comment it out. Save the file and try to restart the MYSQL server
service mysqld start
Now working as anticipated, so I could move on and complete steps 11 and 12.