How to check if MySQL binlog is enabled?

To check if the binlog is enabled in MySQL, you can follow these steps:

1. Connect to the MySQL server. You can use a command similar to the following to connect:
2. Login to MySQL with the username and password.
3. Run the following command to check the status of the binlog:
4. Display the variables for logging binary events.
5. If the value of Value is ON, it means that the binlog has been enabled; if the value is OFF, it means that the binlog has not been enabled.
6. Alternatively, you can use the following command to view the path of the binlog file:
7. Can you display the settings for ‘log_bin_basename’?
8. This will display the basic path of the binlog files. The actual binlog file name is appended with a numerical identifier on this basic path.

Please ensure that the log_bin variable is set to ON and correctly configured with the appropriate log_bin_basename and related binlog options in the MySQL configuration file, typically located at /etc/mysql/my.cnf.