MacOS Can't start MySQL Server

Question

I have MacOS Sierra. I have installed MySQL Server which has been working, however, after a reboot of the Mac Book, I cannot start the MySQL Server.

I have trie

Answer 1

After a discussion with Richard, the following solves the issue:

my.cnf:

[client]

port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock


[mysqld]

port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
datadir = /usr/local/mysql-5.7.17-macos10.12-x86_64/data
tmpdir = /tmp

Essentially, although we'd added the relevant stanza's to the my.cnf file, we'd still missed the section heading. Adding the [mysqld] section allowed mysql to start.