Problem installing mysql server on 18.04

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have installed mysql-server and then run
> sudo mysql_secure_installation
> which prompts me to enter a root password.
>
> I then run
> mysql -u root -p
> and get prompted for the pasword but then I get
> Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'
>
> I have gone round a couple of times being ultra careful with the pwd entry to no avail.  The log below shows a server restart and login attempt and I can't see anything wrong.
>
> 2018-07-01T11:05:15.822701Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without certificate and private key

mysql_ssl_rsa_setup