How to add Startup Script for MySQL or any other services in Centos/RedHat
Note: Perform the below steps as root user 1) Find out the name of service’s script from /etc/init.d/ directory e.g. mysqld or httpd 2) Add it to chkconfig chkconfig --add mysqld 3) Make sure it is in the chkconfig chkconfig --list mysqld 4) Set it to autostart chkconfig mysqld on Note: To stop a service from auto starting on boot chkconfig mysqld off If you have IPTables you need to flush them and save that, So that on every reboot we get a flushed iptable. 1) iptables -F 2) service iptables save