NAME¶
pt-config-diff - Diff MySQL configuration files and server variables.
SYNOPSIS¶
Usage: pt-config-diff [OPTION...] CONFIG CONFIG [CONFIG...]
pt-config-diff diffs MySQL configuration files and server variables. CONFIG can
be a filename or a DSN. At least two CONFIG sources must be given. Like
standard Unix diff, there is no output if there are no differences.
Diff host1 config from SHOW VARIABLES against host2:
pt-config-diff h=host1 h=host2
Diff config from [mysqld] section in my.cnf against host1 config:
pt-config-diff /etc/my.cnf h=host1
Diff the [mysqld] section of two option files:
pt-config-diff /etc/my-small.cnf /etc/my-large.cnf
RISKS¶
The following section is included to inform users about the potential risks,
whether known or unknown, of using this tool. The two main categories of risks
are those created by the nature of the tool (e.g. read-only tools vs.
read-write tools) and those created by bugs.
pt-config-diff reads MySQL's configuration and examines it and is thus very low
risk.
At the time of this release there are no known bugs that pose a serious risk.
The authoritative source for updated information is always the online issue
tracking system. Issues that affect this tool will be marked as such. You can
see a list of such issues at the following URL:
http://www.percona.com/bugs/pt-config-diff
<
http://www.percona.com/bugs/pt-config-diff>.
See also "BUGS" for more information on filing bugs and getting help.
DESCRIPTION¶
pt-config-diff diffs MySQL configurations by examining the values of server
system variables from two or more CONFIG sources specified on the command
line. A CONFIG source can be a DSN or a filename containing the output of
"mysqld --help --verbose", "my_print_defaults", "SHOW
VARIABLES", or an option file (e.g. my.cnf).
For each DSN CONFIG, pt-config-diff connects to MySQL and gets variables and
values by executing "SHOW /*!40103 GLOBAL*/ VARIABLES". This is an
"active config" because it shows what server values MySQL is
actively (currently) running with.
Only variables that all CONFIG sources have are compared because if a variable
is not present then we cannot know or safely guess its value. For example, if
you compare an option file (e.g. my.cnf) to an active config (i.e. SHOW
VARIABLES from a DSN CONFIG), the option file will probably only have a few
variables, whereas the active config has every variable. Only values of the
variables present in both configs are compared.
Option file and DSN configs provide the best results.
OUTPUT¶
There is no output when there are no differences. When there are differences,
pt-config-diff prints a report to STDOUT that looks similar to the following:
2 config differences
Variable my.master.cnf my.slave.cnf
========================= =============== ===============
datadir /tmp/12345/data /tmp/12346/data
port 12345 12346
Comparing MySQL variables is difficult because there are many variations and
subtleties across the many versions and distributions of MySQL. When a
comparison fails, the tool prints a warning to STDERR, such as the following:
Comparing log_error values (mysqld.log, /tmp/12345/data/mysqld.log)
caused an error: Argument "/tmp/12345/data/mysqld.log" isn't numeric
in numeric eq (==) at ./pt-config-diff line 2311.
Please report these warnings so the comparison functions can be improved.
EXIT STATUS¶
pt-config-diff exits with a zero exit status when there are no differences, and
1 if there are.
OPTIONS¶
This tool accepts additional command-line arguments. Refer to the
"SYNOPSIS" and usage information for details.
- --ask-pass
- Prompt for a password when connecting to MySQL.
- --charset
- short form: -A; type: string
Default character set. If the value is utf8, sets Perl's binmode on STDOUT
to utf8, passes the mysql_enable_utf8 option to DBD::mysql, and runs SET
NAMES UTF8 after connecting to MySQL. Any other value sets binmode on
STDOUT without the utf8 layer, and runs SET NAMES after connecting to
MySQL.
- --config
- type: Array
Read this comma-separated list of config files; if specified, this must be
the first option on the command line. (This option does not specify a
CONFIG; it's equivalent to "--defaults-file".)
- --daemonize
- Fork to the background and detach from the shell. POSIX
operating systems only.
- --defaults-file
- short form: -F; type: string
Only read mysql options from the given file. You must give an absolute
pathname.
- --help
- Show help and exit.
- --host
- short form: -h; type: string
Connect to host.
- --ignore-variables
- type: array
Ignore, do not compare, these variables.
- --password
- short form: -p; type: string
Password to use for connection.
- --pid
- type: string
Create the given PID file when daemonized. The file contains the process ID
of the daemonized instance. The PID file is removed when the daemonized
instance exits. The program checks for the existence of the PID file when
starting; if it exists and the process with the matching PID exists, the
program exits.
- --port
- short form: -P; type: int
Port number to use for connection.
- --[no]report
- default: yes
Print the MySQL config diff report to STDOUT. If you just want to check if
the given configs are different or not by examining the tool's exit
status, then specify "--no-report" to suppress the report.
- --report-width
- type: int; default: 78
Truncate report lines to this many characters. Since some variable values
can be long, or when comparing multiple configs, it may help to increase
the report width so values are not truncated beyond readability.
- --set-vars
- type: string; default: wait_timeout=10000
Set these MySQL variables. Immediately after connecting to MySQL, this
string will be appended to SET and executed.
- --socket
- short form: -S; type: string
Socket file to use for connection.
- --user
- short form: -u; type: string
MySQL user if not current user.
- --version
- Show version and exit.
DSN OPTIONS¶
These DSN options are used to create a DSN. Each option is given like
"option=value". The options are case-sensitive, so P and p are not
the same option. There cannot be whitespace before or after the "="
and if the value contains whitespace it must be quoted. DSN options are
comma-separated. See the percona-toolkit manpage for full details.
- •
- A
dsn: charset; copy: yes
Default character set.
- •
- D
dsn: database; copy: yes
Default database.
- •
- F
dsn: mysql_read_default_file; copy: yes
Only read default options from the given file
- •
- h
dsn: host; copy: yes
Connect to host.
- •
- p
dsn: password; copy: yes
Password to use when connecting.
- •
- P
dsn: port; copy: yes
Port number to use for connection.
- •
- S
dsn: mysql_socket; copy: yes
Socket file to use for connection.
- •
- u
dsn: user; copy: yes
User for login if not current user.
ENVIRONMENT¶
The environment variable "PTDEBUG" enables verbose debugging output to
STDERR. To enable debugging and capture all output to a file, run the tool
like:
PTDEBUG=1 pt-config-diff ... > FILE 2>&1
Be careful: debugging output is voluminous and can generate several megabytes of
output.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS¶
You need Perl, DBI, DBD::mysql, and some core packages that ought to be
installed in any reasonably new version of Perl.
BUGS¶
For a list of known bugs, see
http://www.percona.com/bugs/pt-config-diff
<
http://www.percona.com/bugs/pt-config-diff>.
Please report bugs at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit
<
https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit>. Include the following
information in your bug report:
- •
- Complete command-line used to run the tool
- •
- Tool "--version"
- •
- MySQL version of all servers involved
- •
- Output from the tool including STDERR
- •
- Input files (log/dump/config files, etc.)
If possible, include debugging output by running the tool with
"PTDEBUG"; see "ENVIRONMENT".
DOWNLOADING¶
Visit
http://www.percona.com/software/percona-toolkit/
<
http://www.percona.com/software/percona-toolkit/> to download the
latest release of Percona Toolkit. Or, get the latest release from the command
line:
wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.tar.gz
wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.rpm
wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.deb
You can also get individual tools from the latest release:
wget percona.com/get/TOOL
Replace "TOOL" with the name of any tool.
AUTHORS¶
Baron Schwartz and Daniel Nichter
This tool is part of Percona Toolkit, a collection of advanced command-line
tools developed by Percona for MySQL support and consulting. Percona Toolkit
was forked from two projects in June, 2011: Maatkit and Aspersa. Those
projects were created by Baron Schwartz and developed primarily by him and
Daniel Nichter, both of whom are employed by Percona. Visit
<
http://www.percona.com/software/> for more software developed by
Percona.
COPYRIGHT, LICENSE, AND WARRANTY¶
This program is copyright 2011-2012 Percona Inc. Feedback and improvements are
welcome.
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, version 2; OR the Perl Artistic License. On UNIX and similar
systems, you can issue `man perlgpl' or `man perlartistic' to read these
licenses.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
VERSION¶
pt-config-diff 2.1.2