I have found multiple solutions on stackoverflow, however none seemed to work as I don't have the my.cnf file, (except under the mysql folder I have one, but it doesnt have [mysqld] section.) Not really sure what else to check.
I just purchased a server. I have installed, -apache -mysql -php -phpmyadmin all on Ubuntu 20.10 x64
Trying to create a link between this server and another server.
I was able to find it myself. It is under the folder: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
File Name: mysqld.cnf
I then proceeded with adding federated to the below info:
[mysqld]
#
# * Basic Settings
#
user = mysql
# pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
# socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
# port = 3306
# datadir = /var/lib/mysql
federated