Using below commands you can start, stop and restart MySQL from SSH.
Login to your server as root via SSH, and run following commands.
Start MySQL
service mysql start
OR
/etc/init.d/mysql start
Stop MySQL
service mysql stop
OR
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Restart MySQL
service mysql restart
OR
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
Status of MySQL
If you want to know the status of MySQL on your server, run below command.
service mysql status
