Quote from Mysql Website Upgrade Paths Reference: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/upgrade-paths.html Download the Required RPM and place them in the Server. Take the Backup of all the Databases and stop the MySQL Service. Run the Following from Local Directory using yum localinstall mysql-community-{server,client,common,libs}-* This completes the Upgrade from 5.7 to 8.0(Or Latest) Start the Service again and verify. … Continue reading Upgrade MySQL Server from 5.7 to 8 CentOS 7 Linux