root@s1:/home/marius# service mysql start Job for mysql.service failed. See 'systemctl status mysql.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. root@s1:/home/marius# systemctl status mysql.service ? mysql.service - LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mysql) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sa 2017-09-30 11:11:17 CEST; 22s ago Process: 13482 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mysql start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Sep 30 11:11:17 /etc/init.d/mysql[14200]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in Sep 30 11:11:17 /etc/init.d/mysql[14200]: [61B blob data] Sep 30 11:11:17 /etc/init.d/mysql[14200]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' Sep 30 11:11:17 /etc/init.d/mysql[14200]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists! Sep 30 11:11:17 /etc/init.d/mysql[14200]: Sep 30 11:11:17 mysql[13482]: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! Sep 30 11:11:17 systemd[1]: mysql.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Sep 30 11:11:17 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon. Sep 30 11:11:17 systemd[1]: Unit mysql.service entered failed state.