How can i know if percona is installed

mysql percona
besimple picture besimple · Mar 21, 2014 · Viewed 10.8k times · Source

I though it is a silly question but after searching all over internet could not find an answer. So how do I check if I have Percona or original MySQL installed on the server?

Answer

Liam McLaughlin picture Liam McLaughlin · Sep 4, 2015 
service mysql status

On a centos/fedora based server, this command is a pseudonym for

systemctl status mysql

it will report

mysqld.service - MySQL Percona Server

If you have percona installed. You may need root permissions.

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