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How do you configure MySQL to use block storage on Ubuntu 14.04?

Within /etc/mysql/my.conf, you can easily set datadir=/mnt/your_block/mysql, but there are some deeper issues with apparmor. How do I reconfigure apparmor to acknowledge my new datadir?

I’ve followed directions at [this] (http://askubuntu.com/questions/137424/moving-mysql-datadir) StackOverflow post, but upon completion I get ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/mnt/volume-nyc1-01/mysql/mysqld.sock'

I can’t find mysqld.sock.

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Melissa Anderson
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• July 21, 2016
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How To Move a MySQL Data Directory to a New Location on Ubuntu 16.04 is available now.

srap0sa119 • August 25, 2016

Here are the commands I used (see reply above):

mkdir /mnt/disk002/mysql
cp -R /var/lib/mysql /mnt/disk002/mysql/
cp /etc/mysql/my.cnf /root/my.cnf.backup
emacs /etc/mysql/my.cnf

	#datadir		= /var/lib/mysql
	datadir = /mnt/disk002/mysql

chown -R mysql:mysql /mnt/disk002/mysql
mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql-old
ln -s /mnt/disk002/mysql /var/lib/mysql 
echo "alias /var/lib/mysql/ -> /mnt/disk002/mysql/," >> /etc/apparmor.d/tunables/alias
sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor reload

start mysql
start: Job failed to start
srap0sa119 • August 25, 2016

I’m having no luck on Ubuntu 14.04. I followed the StackOverflow commands above and when I attempt to restart mysql I get:

2016-08-25 15:54:08 1909 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Table ‘mysql.user’ doesn’t exist

in the error log.

Is there an official DigitalOcean tutorial for 14.04?