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This option was added in MySQL 5.0.19. Before that, the timeout is 30 seconds and cannot be
changed.
4.6.10.2. MySQL Instance Manager Configuration Files
Instance Manager uses its standard configuration file unless it is started with a
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file
directory where Instance Manager is installed. On Unix, the standard file is /etc/my.cnf. (Prior to
MySQL 5.0.10, the MySQL Instance Manager read the same configuration files as the MySQL Server,
including /etc/my.cnf, ~/.my.cnf, and so forth.)
Instance Manager reads options for itself from the
options for server instances from
contains any of the options listed in
except for those specified as having to be given as the first option on the command line. Here is a
sample
[manager]
# MySQL Instance Manager options section
[manager]
default-mysqld-path = /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld
socket=/tmp/manager.sock
pid-file=/tmp/manager.pid
password-file = /home/cps/.mysqlmanager.passwd
monitoring-interval = 2
port = 1999
bind-address = 192.168.1.5
Each
[mysqld]
a server instance at startup. These are mainly common MySQL Server options (see
"Server Command
list, which are specific to Instance Manager. These options are interpreted by Instance Manager itself; it
does not pass them to the server when it attempts to start that server.
•
mysqld-path = path
The path name of the
•
nonguarded
This option disables Instance Manager monitoring functionality for the server instance. By default,
an instance is guarded: At Instance Manager start time, it starts the instance. It also monitors
the instance status and attempts to restart it if it fails. At Instance Manager exit time, it stops the
instance. None of these things happen for nonguarded instances.
•
shutdown-delay = seconds
The number of seconds Instance Manager should wait for the server instance to shut down. The
default value is 35 seconds. After the delay expires, Instance Manager assumes that the instance is
hanging and attempts to terminate it. If you use
value.
mysqlmanager
Important
MySQL Instance Manager is been deprecated in MySQL 5.1 and is removed in
MySQL 5.5.
option that specifies a different file. On Windows, the standard file is
[mysqld]
section:
or instance section specifies options given by Instance Manager to
[mysqldN]
Options"). In addition, a
Warning
The Instance Manager-specific options must not be used in a
section. If a server is started without using Instance Manager, it will not
recognize these options and will fail to start properly.
server binary to use for the server instance.
mysqld
— The MySQL Instance Manager
[manager]
or
[mysqldN]
Section 4.6.10.1, "MySQL Instance Manager Command
section can contain the options in the following
[mysqldN]
InnoDB
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--defaults-
my.ini
section of the configuration file, and
sections. The
[manager]
[mysqld]
with large tables, you should increase this
in the
section
Options",
Section 5.1.3,