same procedures for SLAVE server which installed on Centos 6.4(Virtualbox) too. After fresh installation giving some information about server: [root@localhost mysql]# ls -l total 110620 -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 56 Aug 8 06:21 auto.cnf -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 12582912 Aug 8 06:21 ibdata1 -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 50331648 Aug 8 06:21 ib_logfile0 -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 50331648 Aug 8 06:21 ib_logfile1 -rw-r-----. 1 mysql root 1869 Aug 8 06:21 localhost.localdomain.err -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 5 Aug 8 06:21 localhost.localdomain.pid drwx--x--x. 2 mysql mysql 4096 Aug 8 06:21 mysql srwxrwxrwx. 1 mysql mysql 0 Aug 8 06:21 mysql.sock drwx------. 2 mysql mysql 4096 Aug 8 06:21 performance_schema -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 112 Aug 8 06:21 RPM_UPGRADE_HISTORY -rw-r--r--. 1 mysql mysql 112 Aug 8 06:21 RPM_UPGRADE_MARKER-LAST Connected as root: mysql> show master status; Empty set (0.00 sec) mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mysql | | performance_schema | +--------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show slave status; Empty set (0.00 sec) New my.cnf file for SLAVE. Please download and use: https://app.box.com/s/ejsklf26ocirxkckeu7l Before restarting SLAVE server with new my.cnf please consider: [root@localhost mysql]# mkdir data [root@localhost mysql]# chown mysql:mysql -R /var/lib/mysq/data Restarting server: [root@localhost mysql]# service mysql restart Shutting down MySQL.. SUCCESS! Starting MySQL.. SUCCESS! Information from server: mysql> show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: mysql-bin.000001 Position: 151 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show slave status; Empty set (0.00 sec) mysql> show binary logs; +------------------+-----------+ | Log_name | File_size | +------------------+-----------+ | mysql-bin.000001 | 151 | +------------------+-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So basically this server is ready to be a slave in GTID enabled replication.