6.4.17 Keyring Metadata

This section describes sources of information about keyring use.

To see whether a keyring plugin is loaded, check the Information Schema PLUGINS table or use the SHOW PLUGINS statement (see Obtaining Server Plugin Information). For example:

mysql> SELECT PLUGIN_NAME, PLUGIN_STATUS
       FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS
       WHERE PLUGIN_NAME LIKE 'keyring%';
+--------------+---------------+
| PLUGIN_NAME  | PLUGIN_STATUS |
+--------------+---------------+
| keyring_file | ACTIVE        |
+--------------+---------------+

To see which keys exist, check the Performance Schema keyring_keys table:

mysql> SELECT * FROM performance_schema.keyring_keys;
+-----------------------------+--------------+----------------+
| KEY_ID                      | KEY_OWNER    | BACKEND_KEY_ID |
+-----------------------------+--------------+----------------+
| audit_log-20210322T130749-1 |              |                |
| MyKey                       | me@localhost |                |
| YourKey                     | me@localhost |                |
+-----------------------------+--------------+----------------+

To see whether a keyring component is loaded, check the Performance Schema keyring_component_status table. For example:

mysql> SELECT * FROM performance_schema.keyring_component_status;
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| STATUS_KEY          | STATUS_VALUE                                    |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Component_name      | component_keyring_file                          |
| Author              | Oracle Corporation                              |
| License             | GPL                                             |
| Implementation_name | component_keyring_file                          |
| Version             | 1.0                                             |
| Component_status    | Active                                          |
| Data_file           | /usr/local/mysql/keyring/component_keyring_file |
| Read_only           | No                                              |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+

A Component_status value of Active indicates that the component initialized successfully. If the component loaded but failed to initialize, the value is Disabled.