5.7 ndb_config — Extract NDB Cluster Configuration Information

This tool extracts current configuration information for data nodes, SQL nodes, and API nodes from one of a number of sources: an NDB Cluster management node, or its config.ini or my.cnf file. By default, the management node is the source for the configuration data; to override the default, execute ndb_config with the --config-file or --mycnf option. It is also possible to use a data node as the source by specifying its node ID with --config_from_node=node_id.

ndb_config can also provide an offline dump of all configuration parameters which can be used, along with their default, maximum, and minimum values and other information. The dump can be produced in either text or XML format; for more information, see the discussion of the --configinfo and --xml options later in this section).

You can filter the results by section (DB, SYSTEM, or CONNECTIONS) using one of the options --nodes, --system, or --connections.

All options that can be used with ndb_config are shown in the following table. Additional descriptions follow the table.

Table 5.6 Command-line options used with the program ndb_config

Format	Description	Added, Deprecated, or Removed
--character-sets-dir=path	Directory containing character sets	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--cluster-config-suffix=name	Override defaults group suffix when reading cluster_config sections in my.cnf file; used in testing	ADDED: NDB 8.0.24
--config-binary-file=path/to/file	Read this binary configuration file	ADDED: NDB 8.0.32
--config-file=file_name	Set the path to config.ini file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--config-from-node=#	Obtain configuration data from the node having this ID (must be a data node)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--configinfo	Dumps information about all NDB configuration parameters in text format with default, maximum, and minimum values. Use with --xml to obtain XML output	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connections	Print information only about connections specified in [tcp], [tcp default], [sci], [sci default], [shm], or [shm default] sections of cluster configuration file. Cannot be used with --system or --nodes	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-retries=#	Number of times to retry connection before giving up	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-retry-delay=#	Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-string=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--core-file	Write core file on error; used in debugging	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--defaults-extra-file=path	Read given file after global files are read	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-file=path	Read default options from given file only	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-group-suffix=string	Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--diff-default	Print only configuration parameters that have non-default values	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--fields=string, -f	Field separator	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--help, -?	Display help text and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--host=name	Specify host	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--login-path=path	Read given path from login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--mycnf	Read configuration data from my.cnf file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-connectstring=connection_string, -c connection_string	Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. Syntax: "[nodeid=id;][host=]hostname[:port]". Overrides entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-nodeid=#	Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--ndb-optimized-node-selection	Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--no-defaults	Do not read default options from any option file other than login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--nodeid=#	Get configuration of node with this ID	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--nodes	Print node information ([ndbd] or [ndbd default] section of cluster configuration file) only. Cannot be used with --system or --connections	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--query=string, -q string	One or more query options (attributes)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--query-all, -a	Dumps all parameters and values to a single comma-delimited string	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--print-defaults	Print program argument list and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--rows=string, -r string	Row separator	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--system	Print SYSTEM section information only (see ndb_config --configinfo output). Cannot be used with --nodes or --connections	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--type=name	Specify node type	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--usage, -?	Display help text and exit; same as --help	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--version, -V	Display version information and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--configinfo --xml	Use --xml with --configinfo to obtain a dump of all NDB configuration parameters in XML format with default, maximum, and minimum values	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)

• cluster-config-suffix

  Command-Line Format	--cluster-config-suffix=name
  Introduced	8.0.24-ndb-8.0.24
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Override defaults group suffix when reading cluster configuration sections in my.cnf; used in testing.

• --configinfo

  The --configinfo option causes ndb_config to dump a list of each NDB Cluster configuration parameter supported by the NDB Cluster distribution of which ndb_config is a part, including the following information:

  • A brief description of each parameter's purpose, effects, and usage

  • The section of the config.ini file where the parameter may be used

  • The parameter's data type or unit of measurement

  • Where applicable, the parameter's default, minimum, and maximum values

  • NDB Cluster release version and build information

  By default, this output is in text format. Part of this output is shown here:

  $> ndb_config --configinfo
  
  ****** SYSTEM ******
  
  Name (String)
  Name of system (NDB Cluster)
  MANDATORY
  
  PrimaryMGMNode (Non-negative Integer)
  Node id of Primary ndb_mgmd(MGM) node
  Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
  
  ConfigGenerationNumber (Non-negative Integer)
  Configuration generation number
  Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
  
  ****** DB ******
  
  MaxNoOfSubscriptions (Non-negative Integer)
  Max no of subscriptions (default 0 == MaxNoOfTables)
  Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
  
  MaxNoOfSubscribers (Non-negative Integer)
  Max no of subscribers (default 0 == 2 * MaxNoOfTables)
  Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
  
  …

  Use this option together with the --xml option to obtain output in XML format.

• --config-binary-file=path-to-file

  Command-Line Format	--config-binary-file=path/to/file
  Introduced	8.0.32-ndb-8.0.32
  Type	File name
  Default Value

  Gives the path to the management server's cached binary configuration file (ndb_nodeID_config.bin.seqno). This may be a relative or absolute path. If the management server and the ndb_config binary used reside on different hosts, you must use an absolute path.

  This example demonstrates combining --config-binary-file with other ndb_config options to obtain useful output:

  > ndb_config --config-binary-file=ndb_50_config.bin.1 --diff-default --type=ndbd
  config of [DB] node id 5 that is different from default 
  CONFIG_PARAMETER,ACTUAL_VALUE,DEFAULT_VALUE 
  NodeId,5,(mandatory) 
  BackupDataDir,/home/jon/data/8.0,(null) 
  DataDir,/home/jon/data/8.0,. 
  DataMemory,2G,98M 
  FileSystemPath,/home/jon/data/8.0,(null) 
  HostName,127.0.0.1,localhost 
  Nodegroup,0,(null) 
  ThreadConfig,,(null) 
  
  config of [DB] node id 6 that is different from default 
  CONFIG_PARAMETER,ACTUAL_VALUE,DEFAULT_VALUE 
  NodeId,6,(mandatory) 
  BackupDataDir,/home/jon/data/8.0,(null) 
  DataDir,/home/jon/data/8.0,. 
  DataMemory,2G,98M 
  FileSystemPath,/home/jon/data/8.0,(null) 
  HostName,127.0.0.1,localhost 
  Nodegroup,0,(null) 
  ThreadConfig,,(null)
  
  > ndb_config --config-binary-file=ndb_50_config.bin.1 --diff-default --system
  config of [SYSTEM] system 
  CONFIG_PARAMETER,ACTUAL_VALUE,DEFAULT_VALUE 
  Name,MC_20220216092809,(mandatory) 
  ConfigGenerationNumber,1,0 
  PrimaryMGMNode,50,0

  The relevant portions of the config.ini file are shown here:

  [ndbd default]
  DataMemory= 2G
  NoOfReplicas= 2
  
  [ndb_mgmd]
  NodeId= 50
  HostName= 127.0.0.1
  
  [ndbd]
  NodeId= 5
  HostName= 127.0.0.1
  DataDir= /home/jon/data/8.0
  
  [ndbd]
  NodeId= 6
  HostName= 127.0.0.1
  DataDir= /home/jon/data/8.0

  By comparing the output with the configuration file, you can see that all of the settings in the file have been written by the management server to the binary cache, and thus, applied to the cluster.

• --config-file=path-to-file

  Command-Line Format	--config-file=file_name
  Type	File name
  Default Value

  Gives the path to the cluster configuration file (config.ini). This may be a relative or absolute path. If the management server and the ndb_config binary used reside on different hosts, you must use an absolute path.

• --config_from_node=#

  Command-Line Format	--config-from-node=#
  Type	Numeric
  Default Value	none
  Minimum Value	1
  Maximum Value	48

  Obtain the cluster's configuration data from the data node that has this ID.

  If the node having this ID is not a data node, ndb_config fails with an error. (To obtain configuration data from the management node instead, simply omit this option.)

• --connections

  Command-Line Format	--connections

  Tells ndb_config to print CONNECTIONS information only—that is, information about parameters found in the [tcp], [tcp default], [shm], or [shm default] sections of the cluster configuration file (see Section 4.3.10, “NDB Cluster TCP/IP Connections”, and Section 4.3.12, “NDB Cluster Shared-Memory Connections”, for more information).

  This option is mutually exclusive with --nodes and --system; only one of these 3 options can be used.

• --diff-default

  Command-Line Format	--diff-default

  Print only configuration parameters that have non-default values.

• --fields=delimiter, -f delimiter

  Command-Line Format	--fields=string
  Type	String
  Default Value

  Specifies a delimiter string used to separate the fields in the result. The default is , (the comma character).

  Note

  If the delimiter contains spaces or escapes (such as \n for the linefeed character), then it must be quoted.

• --host=hostname

  Command-Line Format	--host=name
  Type	String
  Default Value

  Specifies the host name of the node for which configuration information is to be obtained.

  Note

  While the hostname localhost usually resolves to the IP address 127.0.0.1, this may not necessarily be true for all operating platforms and configurations. This means that it is possible, when localhost is used in config.ini, for ndb_config --host=localhost to fail if ndb_config is run on a different host where localhost resolves to a different address (for example, on some versions of SUSE Linux, this is 127.0.0.2). In general, for best results, you should use numeric IP addresses for all NDB Cluster configuration values relating to hosts, or verify that all NDB Cluster hosts handle localhost in the same fashion.

• --mycnf

  Command-Line Format	--mycnf

  Read configuration data from the my.cnf file.

• --ndb-connectstring=connection_string, -c connection_string

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-connectstring=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Specifies the connection string to use in connecting to the management server. The format for the connection string is the same as described in Section 4.3.3, “NDB Cluster Connection Strings”, and defaults to localhost:1186.

• --no-defaults

  Command-Line Format	--no-defaults

  Do not read default options from any option file other than login file.

• --nodeid=node_id

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-nodeid=#
  Removed	8.0.31
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	[none]

  Specify the node ID of the node for which configuration information is to be obtained.

• --nodes

  Command-Line Format	--nodes

  Tells ndb_config to print information relating only to parameters defined in an [ndbd] or [ndbd default] section of the cluster configuration file (see Section 4.3.6, “Defining NDB Cluster Data Nodes”).

  This option is mutually exclusive with --connections and --system; only one of these 3 options can be used.

• --query=query-options, -q query-options

  Command-Line Format	--query=string
  Type	String
  Default Value

  This is a comma-delimited list of query options—that is, a list of one or more node attributes to be returned. These include nodeid (node ID), type (node type—that is, ndbd, mysqld, or ndb_mgmd), and any configuration parameters whose values are to be obtained.

  For example, --query=nodeid,type,datamemory,datadir returns the node ID, node type, DataMemory, and DataDir for each node.

  Note

  If a given parameter is not applicable to a certain type of node, than an empty string is returned for the corresponding value. See the examples later in this section for more information.

• --query-all, -a

  Command-Line Format	--query-all
  Type	String
  Default Value

  Returns a comma-delimited list of all query options (node attributes; note that this list is a single string.

• --rows=separator, -r separator

  Command-Line Format	--rows=string
  Type	String
  Default Value

  Specifies a separator string used to separate the rows in the result. The default is a space character.

  Note

  If the separator contains spaces or escapes (such as \n for the linefeed character), then it must be quoted.

• --system

  Command-Line Format	--system

  Tells ndb_config to print SYSTEM information only. This consists of system variables that cannot be changed at run time; thus, there is no corresponding section of the cluster configuration file for them. They can be seen (prefixed with ****** SYSTEM ******) in the output of ndb_config --configinfo.

  This option is mutually exclusive with --nodes and --connections; only one of these 3 options can be used.

• --type=node_type

  Command-Line Format	--type=name
  Type	Enumeration
  Default Value	[none]
  Valid Values	ndbd mysqld ndb_mgmd

  Filters results so that only configuration values applying to nodes of the specified node_type (ndbd, mysqld, or ndb_mgmd) are returned.

• --usage, --help, or -?

  Command-Line Format	--help

  Causes ndb_config to print a list of available options, and then exit.

• --version, -V

  Command-Line Format	--version

  Causes ndb_config to print a version information string, and then exit.

• --configinfo --xml

  Command-Line Format	--configinfo --xml

  Cause ndb_config --configinfo to provide output as XML by adding this option. A portion of such output is shown in this example:

  $> ndb_config --configinfo --xml
  
  <configvariables protocolversion="1" ndbversionstring="5.7.44-ndb-7.5.36"
                      ndbversion="460032" ndbversionmajor="7" ndbversionminor="5"
                      ndbversionbuild="0">
    <section name="SYSTEM">
      <param name="Name" comment="Name of system (NDB Cluster)" type="string"
                mandatory="true"/>
      <param name="PrimaryMGMNode" comment="Node id of Primary ndb_mgmd(MGM) node"
                type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
      <param name="ConfigGenerationNumber" comment="Configuration generation number"
                type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
    </section>
    <section name="MYSQLD" primarykeys="NodeId">
      <param name="wan" comment="Use WAN TCP setting as default" type="bool"
                default="false"/>
      <param name="HostName" comment="Name of computer for this node"
                type="string" default=""/>
      <param name="Id" comment="NodeId" type="unsigned" mandatory="true"
                min="1" max="255" deprecated="true"/>
      <param name="NodeId" comment="Number identifying application node (mysqld(API))"
                type="unsigned" mandatory="true" min="1" max="255"/>
      <param name="ExecuteOnComputer" comment="HostName" type="string"
                deprecated="true"/>
  
      …
  
    </section>
  
    …
  
  </configvariables>

  Note

  Normally, the XML output produced by ndb_config --configinfo --xml is formatted using one line per element; we have added extra whitespace in the previous example, as well as the next one, for reasons of legibility. This should not make any difference to applications using this output, since most XML processors either ignore nonessential whitespace as a matter of course, or can be instructed to do so.

  The XML output also indicates when changing a given parameter requires that data nodes be restarted using the --initial option. This is shown by the presence of an initial="true" attribute in the corresponding <param> element. In addition, the restart type (system or node) is also shown; if a given parameter requires a system restart, this is indicated by the presence of a restart="system" attribute in the corresponding <param> element. For example, changing the value set for the Diskless parameter requires a system initial restart, as shown here (with the restart and initial attributes highlighted for visibility):

  <param name="Diskless" comment="Run wo/ disk" type="bool" default="false"
            restart="system" initial="true"/>

  Currently, no initial attribute is included in the XML output for <param> elements corresponding to parameters which do not require initial restarts; in other words, initial="false" is the default, and the value false should be assumed if the attribute is not present. Similarly, the default restart type is node (that is, an online or “rolling” restart of the cluster), but the restart attribute is included only if the restart type is system (meaning that all cluster nodes must be shut down at the same time, then restarted).

  Deprecated parameters are indicated in the XML output by the deprecated attribute, as shown here:

  <param name="NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartACC" comment="DiskCheckpointSpeed"
         type="unsigned" default="20" min="1" max="4294967039" deprecated="true"/>

  In such cases, the comment refers to one or more parameters that supersede the deprecated parameter. Similarly to initial, the deprecated attribute is indicated only when the parameter is deprecated, with deprecated="true", and does not appear at all for parameters which are not deprecated. (Bug #21127135)

  Parameters that are required are indicated with mandatory="true", as shown here:

  <param name="NodeId"
            comment="Number identifying application node (mysqld(API))"
            type="unsigned" mandatory="true" min="1" max="255"/>

  In much the same way that the initial or deprecated attribute is displayed only for a parameter that requires an initial restart or that is deprecated, the mandatory attribute is included only if the given parameter is actually required.

  Important

  The --xml option can be used only with the --configinfo option. Using --xml without --configinfo fails with an error.

  Unlike the options used with this program to obtain current configuration data, --configinfo and --xml use information obtained from the NDB Cluster sources when ndb_config was compiled. For this reason, no connection to a running NDB Cluster or access to a config.ini or my.cnf file is required for these two options.

• --print-defaults

  Command-Line Format	--print-defaults

  Print program argument list and exit.

• --defaults-file

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-file=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read default options from given file only.

• --defaults-extra-file

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-extra-file=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read given file after global files are read.

• --defaults-group-suffix

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-group-suffix=string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Also read groups with concat(group, suffix).

• --login-path

  Command-Line Format	--login-path=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read given path from login file.

• --help

  Command-Line Format	--help

  Display help text and exit.

• --connect-string

  Command-Line Format	--connect-string=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Same as --ndb-connectstring.

• --ndb-mgmd-host

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Same as --ndb-connectstring.

• --ndb-nodeid

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-nodeid=#
  Removed	8.0.31
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	[none]

  Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring.

• --core-file

  Command-Line Format	--core-file
  Removed	8.0.31

  Write core file on error; used in debugging.

• --character-sets-dir

  Command-Line Format	--character-sets-dir=path
  Removed	8.0.31

  Directory containing character sets.

• --connect-retries

  Command-Line Format	--connect-retries=#
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	12
  Minimum Value	0
  Maximum Value	12

  Number of times to retry connection before giving up.

• --connect-retry-delay

  Command-Line Format	--connect-retry-delay=#
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	5
  Minimum Value	0
  Maximum Value	5

  Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server.

• --ndb-optimized-node-selection

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-optimized-node-selection
  Removed	8.0.31

  Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable.

Combining other ndb_config options (such as --query or --type) with --configinfo (with or without the --xml option is not supported. Currently, if you attempt to do so, the usual result is that all other options besides --configinfo or --xml are simply ignored. However, this behavior is not guaranteed and is subject to change at any time. In addition, since ndb_config, when used with the --configinfo option, does not access the NDB Cluster or read any files, trying to specify additional options such as --ndb-connectstring or --config-file with --configinfo serves no purpose.

Examples

1. To obtain the node ID and type of each node in the cluster:

   $> ./ndb_config --query=nodeid,type --fields=':' --rows='\n'
   1:ndbd
   2:ndbd
   3:ndbd
   4:ndbd
   5:ndb_mgmd
   6:mysqld
   7:mysqld
   8:mysqld
   9:mysqld

   In this example, we used the --fields options to separate the ID and type of each node with a colon character (:), and the --rows options to place the values for each node on a new line in the output.

2. To produce a connection string that can be used by data, SQL, and API nodes to connect to the management server:

   $> ./ndb_config --config-file=usr/local/mysql/cluster-data/config.ini \
   --query=hostname,portnumber --fields=: --rows=, --type=ndb_mgmd
   198.51.100.179:1186

3. This invocation of ndb_config checks only data nodes (using the --type option), and shows the values for each node's ID and host name, as well as the values set for its DataMemory and DataDir parameters:

   $> ./ndb_config --type=ndbd --query=nodeid,host,datamemory,datadir -f ' : ' -r '\n'
   1 : 198.51.100.193 : 83886080 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
   2 : 198.51.100.112 : 83886080 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
   3 : 198.51.100.176 : 83886080 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
   4 : 198.51.100.119 : 83886080 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data

   In this example, we used the short options -f and -r for setting the field delimiter and row separator, respectively, as well as the short option -q to pass a list of parameters to be obtained.

4. To exclude results from any host except one in particular, use the --host option:

   $> ./ndb_config --host=198.51.100.176 -f : -r '\n' -q id,type
   3:ndbd
   5:ndb_mgmd

   In this example, we also used the short form -q to determine the attributes to be queried.

   Similarly, you can limit results to a node with a specific ID using the --nodeid option.