MySQL 8.4 Release Notes
Table of Contents
- 7.1 The MySQL Server
- 7.1.1 Configuring the Server
- 7.1.2 Server Configuration Defaults
- 7.1.3 Server Configuration Validation
- 7.1.4 Server Option, System Variable, and Status Variable Reference
- 7.1.5 Server System Variable Reference
- 7.1.6 Server Status Variable Reference
- 7.1.7 Server Command Options
- 7.1.8 Server System Variables
- 7.1.9 Using System Variables
- 7.1.10 Server Status Variables
- 7.1.11 Server SQL Modes
- 7.1.12 Connection Management
- 7.1.13 IPv6 Support
- 7.1.14 Network Namespace Support
- 7.1.15 MySQL Server Time Zone Support
- 7.1.16 Resource Groups
- 7.1.17 Server-Side Help Support
- 7.1.18 Server Tracking of Client Session State
- 7.1.19 The Server Shutdown Process
- 7.2 The MySQL Data Directory
- 7.3 The mysql System Schema
- 7.4 MySQL Server Logs
- 7.5 MySQL Components
- 7.6 MySQL Server Plugins
- 7.7 MySQL Server Loadable Functions
- 7.8 Running Multiple MySQL Instances on One Machine
- 7.9 Debugging MySQL
MySQL Server (mysqld) is the main program that does most of the work in a MySQL installation. This chapter provides an overview of MySQL Server and covers general server administration:
Server configuration
The data directory, particularly the
mysql
system schemaThe server log files
Management of multiple servers on a single machine
For additional information on administrative topics, see also: