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NAME

6       mysqld_safe - MariaDB server startup script
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SYNOPSIS

9       mysqld_safe options
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DESCRIPTION

12       mysqld_safe is the recommended way to start a mysqld server on Unix.
13       mysqld_safe adds some safety features such as restarting the server
14       when an error occurs and logging runtime information to an error log
15       file. Descriptions of error logging is given later in this section.
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17       mysqld_safe tries to start an executable named mysqld. To override the
18       default behavior and specify explicitly the name of the server you want
19       to run, specify a --mysqld or --mysqld-version option to mysqld_safe.
20       You can also use --ledir to indicate the directory where mysqld_safe
21       should look for the server.
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23       Many of the options to mysqld_safe are the same as the options to
24       mysqld.
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26       Options unknown to mysqld_safe are passed to mysqld if they are
27       specified on the command line, but ignored if they are specified in the
28       [mysqld_safe] or [mariadb_safe] groups of an option file.
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30       mysqld_safe reads all options from the [mysqld], [server],
31       [mysqld_safe], and [mariadb_safe] sections in option files. For
32       example, if you specify a [mysqld] section like this, mysqld_safe will
33       find and use the --log-error option:
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35           [mysqld]
36           log-error=error.log
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38       For backward compatibility, mysqld_safe also reads [safe_mysqld]
39       sections, although you should rename such sections to [mysqld_safe] in
40       current installations.
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42       mysqld_safe supports the options in the following list. It also reads
43       option files and supports the options for processing them.
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45       ·   --help
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47           Display a help message and exit.
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49       ·   --basedir=path
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51           The path to the MariaDB installation directory.
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53       ·   --core-file-size=size
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55           The size of the core file that mysqld should be able to create. The
56           option value is passed to ulimit -c.
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58       ·   --crash-script=file
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60           Script to call in the event of mysqld crashing.
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62       ·   --datadir=path
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64           The path to the data directory.
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66       ·   --defaults-extra-file=path
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68           The name of an option file to be read in addition to the usual
69           option files. This must be the first option on the command line if
70           it is used. If the file does not exist or is otherwise
71           inaccessible, the server will exit with an error.
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73       ·   --defaults-file=file_name
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75           The name of an option file to be read instead of the usual option
76           files. This must be the first option on the command line if it is
77           used.
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79       ·   --flush-caches
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81           Flush and purge buffers/caches before starting the server.
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83       ·   --ledir=path
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85           If mysqld_safe cannot find the server, use this option to indicate
86           the path name to the directory where the server is located.
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88       ·   --log-error=file_name
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90           Write the error log to the given file.
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92       ·   --malloc-lib=lib
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94           Preload shared library lib if available.
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96       ·   --mysqld=prog_name
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98           The name of the server program (in the ledir directory) that you
99           want to start. This option is needed if you use the MariaDB binary
100           distribution but have the data directory outside of the binary
101           distribution. If mysqld_safe cannot find the server, use the
102           --ledir option to indicate the path name to the directory where the
103           server is located.
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105       ·   --mysqld-version=suffix
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107           This option is similar to the --mysqld option, but you specify only
108           the suffix for the server program name. The basename is assumed to
109           be mysqld. For example, if you use --mysqld-version=debug,
110           mysqld_safe starts the mysqld-debug program in the ledir directory.
111           If the argument to --mysqld-version is empty, mysqld_safe uses
112           mysqld in the ledir directory.
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114       ·   --nice=priority
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116           Use the nice program to set the server´s scheduling priority to the
117           given value.
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119       ·   --no-auto-restart
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121           Exit after starting mysqld.
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123       ·   --no-defaults
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125           Do not read any option files. This must be the first option on the
126           command line if it is used.
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128       ·   --no-auto-restart
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130           Exit after starting mysqld.
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132       ·   --numa-interleave
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134           Run mysqld with its memory interleaved on all NUMA nodes.
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136       ·   --open-files-limit=count
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138           The number of files that mysqld should be able to open. The option
139           value is passed to ulimit -n. Note that you need to start
140           mysqld_safe as root for this to work properly!
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142       ·   --pid-file=file_name
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144           The path name of the process ID file.
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146       ·   --plugin-dir=dir_name
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148           Directory for client-side plugins.
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150       ·   --port=port_num
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152           The port number that the server should use when listening for
153           TCP/IP connections. The port number must be 1024 or higher unless
154           the server is started by the root system user.
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156       ·   --skip-kill-mysqld
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158           Do not try to kill stray mysqld processes at startup. This option
159           works only on Linux.
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161       ·   --socket=path
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163           The Unix socket file that the server should use when listening for
164           local connections.
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166       ·   --syslog, --skip-syslog
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168           --syslog causes error messages to be sent to syslog on systems that
169           support the logger program.  --skip-syslog suppresses the use of
170           syslog; messages are written to an error log file.
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172       ·   --syslog-tag=tag
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174           For logging to syslog, messages from mysqld_safe and mysqld are
175           written with a tag of mysqld_safe and mysqld, respectively. To
176           specify a suffix for the tag, use --syslog-tag=tag, which modifies
177           the tags to be mysqld_safe-tag and mysqld-tag.
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179       ·   --timezone=timezone
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181           Set the TZ time zone environment variable to the given option
182           value. Consult your operating system documentation for legal time
183           zone specification formats.
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185       ·   --user={user_name|user_id}
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187           Run the mysqld server as the user having the name user_name or the
188           numeric user ID user_id. (“User” in this context refers to a system
189           login account, not a MariaDB user listed in the grant tables.)
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191       If you execute mysqld_safe with the --defaults-file or
192       --defaults-extra-file option to name an option file, the option must be
193       the first one given on the command line or the option file will not be
194       used. For example, this command will not use the named option file:
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196           mysql> mysqld_safe --port=port_num --defaults-file=file_name
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198       Instead, use the following command:
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200           mysql> mysqld_safe --defaults-file=file_name --port=port_num
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202       The mysqld_safe script is written so that it normally can start a
203       server that was installed from either a source or a binary distribution
204       of MariaDB, even though these types of distributions typically install
205       the server in slightly different locations.  mysqld_safe expects one of
206       the following conditions to be true:
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208       ·   The server and databases can be found relative to the working
209           directory (the directory from which mysqld_safe is invoked). For
210           binary distributions, mysqld_safe looks under its working directory
211           for bin and data directories. For source distributions, it looks
212           for libexec and var directories. This condition should be met if
213           you execute mysqld_safe from your MariaDB installation directory
214           (for example, /usr/local/mysql for a binary distribution).
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216       ·   If the server and databases cannot be found relative to the working
217           directory, mysqld_safe attempts to locate them by absolute path
218           names. Typical locations are /usr/local/libexec and /usr/local/var.
219           The actual locations are determined from the values configured into
220           the distribution at the time it was built. They should be correct
221           if MariaDB is installed in the location specified at configuration
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224       Because mysqld_safe tries to find the server and databases relative to
225       its own working directory, you can install a binary distribution of
226       MariaDB anywhere, as long as you run mysqld_safe from the MariaDB
227       installation directory:
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229           shell> cd mysql_installation_directory
230           shell> bin/mysqld_safe &
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232       If mysqld_safe fails, even when invoked from the MariaDB installation
233       directory, you can specify the --ledir and --datadir options to
234       indicate the directories in which the server and databases are located
235       on your system.
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237       When you use mysqld_safe to start mysqld, mysqld_safe arranges for
238       error (and notice) messages from itself and from mysqld to go to the
239       same destination.
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241       There are several mysqld_safe options for controlling the destination
242       of these messages:
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244       ·   --syslog: Write error messages to syslog on systems that support
245           the logger program.
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247       ·   --skip-syslog: Do not write error messages to syslog. Messages are
248           written to the default error log file (host_name.err in the data
249           directory), or to a named file if the --log-error option is given.
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251       ·   --log-error=file_name: Write error messages to the named error
252           file.
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254       If none of these options is given, the default is --skip-syslog.
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257       If --syslog and --log-error are both given, a warning is issued and
258       --log-error takes precedence.
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260       When mysqld_safe writes a message, notices go to the logging
261       destination (syslog or the error log file) and stdout. Errors go to the
262       logging destination and stderr.
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264       Normally, you should not edit the mysqld_safe script. Instead,
265       configure mysqld_safe by using command-line options or options in the
266       [mysqld_safe] section of a my.cnf option file. In rare cases, it might
267       be necessary to edit mysqld_safe to get it to start the server
268       properly. However, if you do this, your modified version of mysqld_safe
269       might be overwritten if you upgrade MariaDB in the future, so you
270       should make a copy of your edited version that you can reinstall.
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272       On NetWare, mysqld_safe is a NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) that is
273       ported from the original Unix shell script. It starts the server as
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276        1. Runs a number of system and option checks.
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278        2. Runs a check on MyISAM tables.
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280        3. Provides a screen presence for the MariaDB server.
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282        4. Starts mysqld, monitors it, and restarts it if it terminates in
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285        5. Sends error messages from mysqld to the host_name.err file in the
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288        6. Sends mysqld_safe screen output to the host_name.safe file in the
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292       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
293       2010-2015 MariaDB Foundation
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295       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
296       modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
297       published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
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299       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
300       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
301       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
302       General Public License for more details.
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304       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
305       with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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307       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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SEE ALSO

311       For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
312       available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
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AUTHOR

315       MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).
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