# New cluster can I stop mysql@bootstrap.service?

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**Category:** MySQL & MariaDB\
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-cluster-can-i-stop-mysql-bootstrap-service/9921 "2021-04-01T19:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasonfe33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@jasonfe33](https://forums.percona.com/u/jasonfe33)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-cluster-can-i-stop-mysql-bootstrap-service/9921/1 "2021-04-01T19:40:12Z")

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Hello,  
In process of a new percona cluster and I forgot a few things and need to make a few tweaks to my.cnf file. I started to bootstrap this node but no other nodes were added or started if you will. I did systemctl start mysql@bootstrap.service. However noticed my wsrep.cnf needed to be modified and another setting in my.cnf. Can I simply do a systemctl stop mysql@bootstrap.service and make my changes and then reboot the server and run systemctl start mysql@bootstrap.service? Or are there other actions that need to take place?

In addition to this, I tried to check for root password in mysql after I started mysql@bootstrap.service  
cat error.log | grep password in /var/lib/mysql as this is where error.log file was specified in my.cnf. I didn’t see a temp root password for this at all. using -uroot and -p empty it would not login.

Thank you for any help, i’m needing to get this up and running soon.

Appreciate it!

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**Author:** ![Agustin\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/agustin_g/32/14111_2.png) [@Agustin\_G](https://forums.percona.com/u/Agustin_G)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-cluster-can-i-stop-mysql-bootstrap-service/9921/2 "2021-07-06T20:10:46Z")

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Hi @jasonfe33!

Yes, you can (and should) use systemctl stop mysql@bootstrap.service to stop the node. Afterwards, you can start it with the command you sent.

Regarding password, did you also check journal logs (_sudo journalctl_)?