NAME¶
mysqld - the MySQL server
SYNOPSIS¶
mysqld
[ options]
DESCRIPTION¶
mysqld, also known as MySQL Server, is the main program that does most of
the work in a MySQL installation. MySQL Server manages access to the MySQL
data directory that contains databases and tables. The data directory is also
the default location for other information such as log files and status files.
When MySQL server starts, it listens for network connections from client
programs and manages access to databases on behalf of those clients.
The
mysqld program has many options that can be specified at startup. For
a complete list of options, run this command:
shell> mysqld --verbose --help
MySQL Server also has a set of system variables that affect its operation as it
runs. System variables can be set at server startup, and many of them can be
changed at runtime to effect dynamic server reconfiguration. MySQL Server also
has a set of status variables that provide information about its operation.
You can monitor these status variables to access runtime performance
characteristics.
For a full description of MySQL Server command options, system variables, and
status variables, see Section 5.1, “The MySQL Server”. For
information about installing MySQL and setting up the initial configuration,
see Chapter 2, Installing and Upgrading MySQL.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the
program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin
Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO¶
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may
already be installed locally and which is also available online at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR¶
Oracle Corporation (
http://dev.mysql.com/).