# MySQL/MariaDB won’t start: crash recovery runbook

Source: https://srvscripts.com/guides/runbook-mysql-crashed/
Updated: 2026-10-07
Publisher: srvScripts (https://srvscripts.com/)

When MariaDB won't start after a crash, this runbook reads the error log first, matches the common causes, walks innodb_force_recovery levels 1 to 6 safely, and rebuilds from a dump on cPanel and DirectAdmin.

The full guide is for srvScripts members: https://srvscripts.com/guides/runbook-mysql-crashed/