Global Parameters for MariaDB MaxScale 2.4

Overview

MariaDB MaxScale 2.4 supports many global parameters.

Reference material is available for MariaDB MaxScale 2.4.

MariaDB MaxScale 2.4 Global Parameters

The following Global Parameters are supported by MariaDB MaxScale 2.4:

Global Parameter

Description

admin_auth

Enables HTTP Basic Access authentication for REST API

admin_enabled

Enables the administrative interface for REST API

admin_host

Network interface the REST API listens on

admin_log_auth_failures

Enables logging authentication failures to the administrative interface

admin_pam_readonly_service

Enables PAM-based authentication served for REST API for read-only users

admin_pam_readwrite_service

Enables PAM-based authentication service for REST API for users who can perform any REST API operation

admin_port

Port on network interface the REST API listenes on

admin_ssl_ca_cert

Path to PEM file containing TLS Certificate Authority (CA) to use in HTTPS for REST API

admin_ssl_cert

Path to PEM file containing TLS certificate to use in HTTPS for REST API

admin_ssl_key

Path to PEM file containing TLS key to use in HTTPS for REST API

auth_connect_timeout

Amount of time to wait in seconds for authentication to the Server

auth_read_timeout

Amount of time to wait in seconds when retrieving user authentication data from the Server

auth_write_timeout

Amount of time to wait in seconds when retrieving user authentication data from the Server. MaxScale does not write authentication data to the Server.

cachedir

Path to the directory containing cached data

connector_plugindir

Path to MariaDB Connector C plugin directory

datadir

Path to the data directory

dump_last_statements

Sets condition on which MariaDB MaxScale dumps the last statement sent by the client

execdir

Path to directory containing executable files

language

Path to directory containing the errmsg.sys file

libdir

Path to the directory searched for modules

load_persisted_configs

Enables loading persistent runtime configuration changes on startup. Persistent runtime changes are saved to the /var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d/ directory.

local_address

Sets local address or network interface to use when connecting to Servers

log_augmentation

Appends logging messages with the name of the function where the message was logged (used primarily for development purposes)

log_debug

Enables logging messages at the debug syslog priority

log_info

Enables logging messages at the info syslog priority

log_messages

Deprecated, use the log_notice parameter instead

log_notice

Enables logging messages at the notice syslog priority

log_throttling

Comma-separated list of the maximum number of times logging message can occur within a period, the length of the period, and the amount of time to suppress logging messages that exceed this limit

log_trace

Deprecated, use the log_info parameter instead

log_warning

Enables logging messages at the warning syslog priority

logdir

Path to directory used to store log files

max_auth_errors_until_block

Maximum number of authentication failures allowed before temporarily blocking a host

maxlog

Logs messages to the log file

module_configdir

Path to directory containing module configurations

ms_timestamp

Enables millisecond precision in log timestamps

non_blocking_polls

Ignored. Parameter deprecated in MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.

passive

Puts the MaxScale Instance on stand-by, Passive Instances monitor Servers and accept client connections, but take no action

persistdir

Path to directory containing persistent configurations

piddir

Path to the directory containing the PID file

poll_sleep

Ignored. Parameter deprecated in MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.

query_classifier

Sets the Query Classifier module

query_classifier_args

Specifies arguments passed to the Query Classifier

query_classifier_cache_size

Maximum size for Query Classifier Cache

query_retries

Number of times to retry an internal query interruped by network errors

query_retry_timeout

Amount of time in seconds to wait on retried queries

retain_last_statements

Number of statements stored for each session. Used in debugging.

session_trace

Number of log entries stored in the session trace log. Used in debugging.

skip_permission_checks

Disables user permission checks for services and monitors during startup

sql_mode

Specifies SQL Mode for Query Classifier

substitute_variables

Sets environmental variables for cofniguration files

syslog

Logs messages to the syslog

thread_stack_size

Ignored. Parameter deprecated in MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.

threads

Number of worker threads available

users_refresh_time

Maximum amount of time in seconds before refreshing user authentication

writeq_high_water

Maximum size of client-side write queue to a given Server before MaxScale blocks traffic going to the Server to allow it to catch up

writeq_low_water

Size the client-side write queue must drop to before MaxScale unblocks a throttled Server

To see Global Parameters supported in other versions, see "Global Parameters by MariaDB MaxScale Version".