How To Install Percona MySQL Server 8 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
Just to be sure if your system is up to date:
Add Percona YUM repository
sudo yum install https://repo.percona.com/yum/percona-release-latest.noarch.rpm
Enable repository for MySQL 8.0
sudo percona-release setup ps80
You will be asked to disable RHEL 8 module for MysQL. Allow that.
Install Percona Server for MySQL 8.0
sudo yum install percona-server-server percona-toolkit
sudo percona-release enable-only tools release
sudo yum install percona-xtrabackup-80
Start and secure Percona MySQL Server
sudo systemctl enable mysqld
sudo systemctl start mysqld
Find generated root temporary password
sudo grep "temporary password" /var/log/mysqld.log
After that you can start MySQL installation:
mysql_secure_installation