MariaDB fails to restart after upgrade from 10.5 or below to 10.6 or above using upgrade tool in Plesk: [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port. Got error: 22: Invalid argument

Applicable to:

• Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

• MariaDB failed to restart after the upgrade
• MariaDB was upgraded from version 10.5 or lower to version 10.6 or higher using upgrade tool in Tools & Settings > Database Servers
• Plesk runs on Debian-based OS (Debian or Ubuntu)
• Plesk interface and websites are inaccessible

• The following error can be found in MariaDB service status, MariaDB log or system log:

  CONFIG_TEXT: mariadbd[32685]: 2022-04-19 6:41:28 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port. Got error: 22: Invalid argument
  mariadbd[32685]: 2022-04-19 6:41:28 0 [ERROR] Do you already have another server running on port: 3306 ?
  mariadbd[32685]: 2022-04-19 6:41:28 0 [ERROR] Aborting

Cause

The bind-address value in the MariaDB my.cnf configuration file was set to bind-address = ::ffff:127.0.0.1 prior to the upgrade and was not changed by the upgrade tool. MariaDB after 10.6 does not allow to bind both ::1 and 127.0.0.1 via the setting bind-address = ::ffff:127.0.0.1 in the file /etc/my.cnf.

This is caused by MariaDB bug MDEV-34191 originating from packaging changes on Debian-based systems which causes the package upgrade to restart MariaDB prematurely before configuration is updated.

Resolution

1. Connect to the Plesk server via SSH

2. Open the file in a text editor. In this example, we are using the vi editor:

   # vi /etc/my.cnf

3. Change the bind-address setting:
   from

   CONFIG_TEXT: bind-address = ::ffff:127.0.0.1

   to

   CONFIG_TEXT: bind-address = 127.0.0.1

4. Save the changes and close the file

5. Start the MariaDB service:

   # systemctl restart mariadb

6. Upgrade the databases:

   # mysql_upgrade -u admin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` --force

Note: As a workaround, the bind-address value can be changed before updating to avoid the issue.