root@db:~# systemctl status mysql.service ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (start-post) (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2016-05-21 00:25:16 EEST; 11s ago Process: 3893 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 3892 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3893 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE); : 3894 (mysql-systemd-s) Tasks: 2 (limit: 512) Memory: 3.0M CPU: 352ms CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service └─control ├─3894 /bin/bash /usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start post └─3919 sleep 1 May 21 00:25:16 db systemd[1]: mysql.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. May 21 00:25:16 db systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. May 21 00:25:16 db systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server... May 21 00:25:16 db systemd[1]: mysql.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE