--max-connections

Overview

This is a command-line option for the mariadbd & mysqld commands (arg: Required).

Maximum number of clients allowed to connect concurrently.

See also: mariadbd & mysqld for MariaDB Enterprise Server 23.08, in 23.07 ES, in 10.6 ES, in 10.5 ES, in 10.4 ES, in 10.3 ES, in 10.2 ES, in 10.6 CS, in 10.5 CS, in 10.4 CS, in 10.3 CS, and in 10.2 CS

USAGE

DETAILS

The --max-connections command-line option sets the maximum number of clients allowed to connect concurrently.

This command-line option is mapped to the max_connections system variable. For additional information about the system variable, see "max_connections".

SYNONYMS

SCHEMA

PARAMETERS

SKYSQL

PRIVILEGES

EXAMPLES

Set on the Command-line

When MariaDB Server (mariadbd) is started via the command-line, the --max-connections command-line option can be specified:

$ mariadbd .. --max-connections=1000 ..

ERROR HANDLING

FEATURE INTERACTION

RESPONSES

DIAGNOSIS

ISO 9075:2016

CHANGE HISTORY

Release Series

History

23.08 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 23.08.0.

23.07 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 23.07.0.

10.6 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.

10.6 Community

  • Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.0.

10.5 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.

10.5 Community

  • Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.5.0.

10.4 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.

10.4 Community

  • Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.4.0.

10.3 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.3.16-1.

10.3 Community

  • Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.3.0.

10.2 Enterprise

  • Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.2.25-1.

10.2 Community

  • Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.2.0.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES