Adding a start up check

Author: cgrabenstein

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -17,17 +17,25 @@ jobs:
           MYSQL_DATABASE: mysqlreplication_test
         ports:
           - 3306/tcp
+        command: [
+          '--log_bin=binlog',
+          '--max_binlog_size=8M',
+          '--binlog_format=row',
+          '--server-id=1',
+          '--binlog_rows_query_log_events=ON'
+        ]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Start mysql service
+      - name: Verify Connection
+        env:
+          PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql.ports[3306] }}
         run: |
-          echo -e "\n[mysqld]\nserver-id=1\nbinlog_format=row\nlog_bin=/var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log\nbinlog_rows_query_log_events=ON" | sudo tee -a /etc/mysql/my.cnf
-          sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
-          mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql -proot
-          mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 32768 -e 'SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "version%";' -u root -proot
+          while ! mysqladmin ping -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" --silent; do
+            sleep 1
+          done          
 
       - name: Setup PHP, with composer and extensions
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2