The MySQL default port is ... | alvinalexander.com

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: May 12, 2018

Today I was configuring a MySQL JNDI connection pool on a Glassfish server, when my brain went completely blank, and I couldn't remember what port MySQL listens on by default.

After a few moments of research, including looking at some output from netstat, I found the answer ... the MySQL default port is 3306.

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