my.cnf.templates

Optimized my.cnf configuration templates compatible with MySQL 5.x and MariaDB 10.x.

The templates includes configurations for standard RAM sizes from 1 GB to 48 GB. The script update-my-cnf-template can build configurations for non-standard RAM sizes using a similar available template, and adjust variables based on the number of CPU cores too.

Notes for systemd

Some MySQL limits cannot be applied using my.cnf only. We may need to specify an upper limit via /etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service.d/systemd-limits.conf, /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service.d/systemd-limits.conf or /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d/systemd-limits.conf and run /bin/systemctl daemon-reload to load our custom limit conf.

Sample output

# update-my-cnf-template 
INFO: Template directory set to /etc/my.cnf.templates
DEBUG: CNF_VERSION=20200613, TMPL_VERSION=20200730, SYS_RAM=12, CNF_RAM=8
WARNING: Template needs update
‘/etc/my.cnf’ -> ‘/etc/my.cnf.previous’
‘/etc/my.cnf.templates/my.cnf_12gb’ -> ‘/etc/my.cnf’
Fine-tuning some variables matching with 12 GB RAM and 6 CPU cores
Retaining custom values
Please manually restart MySQL service to apply changes

# update-my-cnf-template 
INFO: Template directory set to /etc/my.cnf.templates
DEBUG: CNF_VERSION=20200730, TMPL_VERSION=20200730, SYS_RAM=12, CNF_RAM=12
INFO: Template is up-to-date
INFO: Template not applied