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mysql_variables - Manage MySQL global variables
New in version 1.3.
Synopsis
- Query / Set MySQL variables
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- PyMySQL (Python 2.7 and Python 3.X), or
 - MySQLdb (Python 2.x)
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| config_file  
        (added in 2.0)
         | 
      Default: 
        "~/.my.cnf"
         | 
      
        
        Specify a config file from which user and password are to be read.
         | 
     
| connect_timeout  
        (added in 2.1)
         | 
      Default: 
        30
         | 
      
        
        The connection timeout when connecting to the MySQL server.
         | 
     
| login_host | Default: 
        "localhost"
         | 
      
        
        Host running the database.
         | 
     
| login_password | 
        
        The password used to authenticate with.
         | 
     |
| login_port | Default: 
        3306
         | 
      
        
        Port of the MySQL server. Requires login_host be defined as other then localhost if login_port is used.
         | 
     
| login_unix_socket | 
        
        The path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
         | 
     |
| login_user | 
        
        The username used to authenticate with.
         | 
     |
| ssl_ca  
        (added in 2.0)
         | 
      
        
        The path to a Certificate Authority (CA) certificate. This option, if used, must specify the same certificate as used by the server.
         | 
     |
| ssl_cert  
        (added in 2.0)
         | 
      
        
        The path to a client public key certificate.
         | 
     |
| ssl_key  
        (added in 2.0)
         | 
      
        
        The path to the client private key.
         | 
     |
| value | 
        
        If set, then sets variable value to this
         | 
     |
| variable  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Variable name to operate
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Requires the PyMySQL (Python 2.7 and Python 3.X) or MySQL-python (Python 2.X) Python package on the remote host. For Ubuntu, this is as easy as apt-get install python-pymysql. (See apt.) For CentOS/Fedora, this is as easy as yum install python2-PyMySQL. (See yum.)
 - Both 
login_passwordandlogin_userare required when you are passing credentials. If none are present, the module will attempt to read the credentials from~/.my.cnf, and finally fall back to using the MySQL default login of ‘root’ with no password. 
Examples
# Check for sync_binlog setting
- mysql_variables:
    variable: sync_binlog
# Set read_only variable to 1
- mysql_variables:
    variable: read_only
    value: 1
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Balazs Pocze (@banyek)
 
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