Source: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-mysql-server-on-centos-8-linux/

To update CentOS system to apply security updates and fixes on Linux system using the yum or dnf command.

> yum update
> dnf update

The CentOS 8 box comes with MySQL 8 server package.

> yum install mysql-server

The service name is mysqld.service.

> systemctl enable mysqld.service

To start the service and then verify it.

> systemctl start mysqld.service
> systemctl status mysqld.service

All you need to do is type the following command, and it will secure MySQL 8 server installation on CentOS Linux:

> mysql_secure_installation

> systemctl start mysqld.service
> systemctl stop mysqld.service
> systemctl restart mysqld.service

To view the MySQL 8 service log as follows using the journalctl command:

> journalctl -u mysqld.service -xe
> tail -f /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log

It is time to log in as a mysql root user.

> mysql -uroot -p

Let us see default config file using the cat command:

> cat /etc/my.cnf.d/mysql-server.cnf

conf:

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
log-error=/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log
pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

MySQL Remote Access

The location of binlog files can be shown by using the following commands.

> mysql -uroot -p
> show binary logs; 

The binlog files can be removed by using the following commands.

> RESET MASTER; // remove all binlog files.
> PURGE MASTER LOGS to "binlog.000100"; // remove all binlog files before "binlog.000100"
> PURGE MASTER LOGS BEFORE "2023-07-28 22:00:00"; // remove all binlog files before 2023-07-28 22:00:00