Configuring the database

When running MariaDB in production it is recommended to adjust its configuration to suit your needs and to get the best possible performance out of ftrack.

[mysql]

# CLIENT #
port                           = 3306
socket                         = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[mysqld]

# GENERAL #
user                           = mysql
default-storage-engine         = InnoDB
socket                         = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
pid-file                       = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid

# MyISAM #
key-buffer-size                = 32M
myisam-recover                 = FORCE,BACKUP

# SAFETY #
max-allowed-packet             = 16M
max-connect-errors             = 1000000

# DATA STORAGE #
datadir                        = /var/lib/mysql/

# BINARY LOGGING #
log-bin                        = /var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin
expire-logs-days               = 14
sync-binlog                    = 1

# CACHES AND LIMITS #
tmp-table-size                 = 32M
max-heap-table-size            = 32M
query-cache-type               = 0
query-cache-size               = 0
max-connections                = 500
thread-cache-size              = 50
open-files-limit               = 65535
table-definition-cache         = 4096
table-open-cache               = 4096

# INNODB #
innodb-flush-method            = O_DIRECT
innodb-log-files-in-group      = 2
innodb-flush-log-at-trx-commit = 1
innodb-file-per-table          = 1
innodb-buffer-pool-size        = 2048M

# LOGGING #
log-error                      = /var/lib/mysql/mysql-error.log

Note

The most important configuration option is “innodb-buffer-pool-size” and should be adjusted as your database grows. It is recommended to set it to roughly the same size as your database or more. A quick way to approximate your database size is to check the size of the ibdata1 file in the mysql folder.

ls -lh /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1

Be careful when setting to a high value, if there is not enough RAM available MariaDB will not start.

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