MariaDB mysql configuration example for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)

Get the default configuration file mysql for MariaDB, optimized for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie). This example configuration ensures optimal compatibility and performance for MariaDB, making it easy to set up and adjust to meet your needs.

Find and download the configuration file here: /etc/init.d/mysql.

For more configurations and setup guides, visit our related files section to further customize your system.

    #!/bin/bash
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mysql
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:      $network $named $time
# Should-Stop:       $network $named $time
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon
# Description:       Controls the main MariaDB database server daemon "mysqld"
#                    and its wrapper script "mysqld_safe".
### END INIT INFO
#
set -e
set -u
${DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG:+ set -v -x}

test -x /usr/sbin/mysqld || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

SELF=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)/$(basename $0)
CONF=/etc/mysql/my.cnf
MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"

# priority can be overriden and "-s" adds output to stderr
ERR_LOGGER="logger -p daemon.err -t /etc/init.d/mysql -i"

# Safeguard (relative paths, core dumps..)
cd /
umask 077

# mysqladmin likes to read /root/.my.cnf. This is usually not what I want
# as many admins e.g. only store a password without a username there and
# so break my scripts.
export HOME=/etc/mysql/

## Fetch a particular option from mysql's invocation.
#
# Usage: void mysqld_get_param option
mysqld_get_param() {
  /usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults \
    | tr " " "\n" \
    | grep -- "--$1" \
    | tail -n 1 \
    | cut -d= -f2
}

## Do some sanity checks before even trying to start mysqld.
sanity_checks() {
  # check for config file
  if [ ! -r /etc/mysql/my.cnf ]; then
    log_warning_msg "$0: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz"
    echo                "WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz" | $ERR_LOGGER
  fi

  # check for diskspace shortage
  datadir=`mysqld_get_param datadir`
  if LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability $datadir/. | tail -n 1 | awk '{ exit ($4>4096) }'; then
    log_failure_msg "$0: ERROR: The partition with $datadir is too full!"
    echo                "ERROR: The partition with $datadir is too full!" | $ERR_LOGGER
    exit 1
  fi
}

## Checks if there is a server running and if so if it is accessible.
#
# check_alive insists on a pingable server
# check_dead also fails if there is a lost mysqld in the process list
#
# Usage: boolean mysqld_status [check_alive|check_dead] [warn|nowarn]
mysqld_status () {
  ping_output=`$MYADMIN ping 2>&1`; ping_alive=$(( ! $? ))

  ps_alive=0
  pidfile=`mysqld_get_param pid-file`
  if [ -f "$pidfile" ] && ps `cat $pidfile` >/dev/null 2>&1; then ps_alive=1; fi

  if [ "$1" = "check_alive"  -a  $ping_alive = 1 ] ||
     [ "$1" = "check_dead"   -a  $ping_alive = 0  -a  $ps_alive = 0 ]; then
    return 0 # EXIT_SUCCESS
  else
    if [ "$2" = "warn" ]; then
      echo -e "$ps_alive processes alive and '$MYADMIN ping' resulted in\n$ping_output\n" | $ERR_LOGGER -p daemon.debug
    fi
  return 1 # EXIT_FAILURE
  fi
}

#
# main()
#

case "${1:-''}" in

  'start')
  sanity_checks;
  # Start daemon
  log_daemon_msg "Starting MariaDB database server" "mysqld"
  if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn; then
   log_progress_msg "already running"
   log_end_msg 0
  else
    # Could be removed during boot
    test -e /var/run/mysqld || install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld

    # Start MariaDB!
    /usr/bin/mysqld_safe "${@:2}" 2>&1 >/dev/null | $ERR_LOGGER &

    # 6s was reported in #352070 to be too few when using ndbcluster
    for i in $(seq 1 "${MYSQLD_STARTUP_TIMEOUT:-30}"); do
              sleep 1
      if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn ; then break; fi
      log_progress_msg "."
    done
    if mysqld_status check_alive warn; then
      log_end_msg 0
      # Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants.
      output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start)
      if [ -n "$output" ]; then
        log_action_msg "$output"
      fi
    else
      log_end_msg 1
      log_failure_msg "Please take a look at the syslog"
    fi
  fi
  ;;

  'stop')
  # * As a passwordless mysqladmin (e.g. via ~/.my.cnf) must be possible
  # at least for cron, we can rely on it here, too. (although we have
  # to specify it explicit as e.g. sudo environments points to the normal
  # users home and not /root)
  log_daemon_msg "Stopping MariaDB database server" "mysqld"
  if ! mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then
    set +e
    shutdown_out=`$MYADMIN shutdown 2>&1`; r=$?
    set -e
    if [ "$r" -ne 0 ]; then
      log_end_msg 1
      [ "$VERBOSE" != "no" ] && log_failure_msg "Error: $shutdown_out"
      log_daemon_msg "Killing MariaDB database server by signal" "mysqld"
      killall -15 mysqld
      server_down=
      for i in `seq 1 600`; do
        sleep 1
        if mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then server_down=1; break; fi
      done
      if test -z "$server_down"; then killall -9 mysqld; fi
    fi
  fi

  if ! mysqld_status check_dead warn; then
    log_end_msg 1
    log_failure_msg "Please stop MariaDB manually and read /usr/share/doc/mariadb-server-10.0/README.Debian.gz!"
    exit -1
  else
    log_end_msg 0
  fi
  ;;

  'restart')
  set +e; $SELF stop; set -e
  shift
  $SELF start "${@}"
  ;;

  'reload'|'force-reload')
  log_daemon_msg "Reloading MariaDB database server" "mysqld"
  $MYADMIN reload
  log_end_msg 0
  ;;

  'status')
  if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn; then
    log_action_msg "$($MYADMIN version)"
  else
    log_action_msg "MariaDB is stopped."
    exit 3
  fi
  ;;

  *)
  echo "Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status"
  exit 1
  ;;
esac

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