Install DB brew install mysql@5.7 brew link --force mysql@5.7 brew services start mysql@5.7 mysql_secure_installation To have launchd start mysql@5.7 now and restart at login: brew services start mysql@5.7 Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run: /usr/local/opt/mysql@5.7/bin/mysql.server start Login: mysql -uroot -p ##Create user: CREATE USER 'blarg'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'blarg'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Then run SQL scripts in order;