{"id":158,"date":"2006-11-27T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2006-11-27T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhost.com\/kb\/\/web-hosting\/?p=158"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:04:58","slug":"mysql-sample-mycnf-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/mysql-sample-mycnf-file\/","title":{"rendered":"MySql Sample my.cnf File"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The my.cnf file is the main configuration file for MySQL. It defines server parameters, client options, and buffer settings that help optimize database performance. Below is a sample configuration file that can be used as a reference when setting up or tuning MySQL on your server.<\/p>\r\n

MySQL sample my.cnf file Configuration<\/h3>\r\n

[client]
port=3306
socket=\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sock[mysqld]
port=3306
datadir=\/var\/lib\/mysql
socket=\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sockskip-locking
skip-innodb
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=32M
query_cache_type=1
max_connections=500
interactive_timeout=100
wait_timeout=14400
connect_timeout=10
thread_cache_size=128
key_buffer=150M
join_buffer=1M
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=1500
record_buffer=1M
sort_buffer_size=1M
read_buffer_size=1M
read_rnd_buffer_size=768K
max_connect_errors=10
thread_concurrency=4
myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
log-bin
server-id=1[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=\/var\/lib<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=\/var\/log\/mysqld.log
pid-file=\/var\/lib\/mysql\/********.pid [NOTE : here it should be server hostname]
open_files_limit=8192<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet=16M<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[isamchk]
key_buffer=64M
sort_buffer=64M
read_buffer=16M
write_buffer=16M<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[myisamchk]
key_buffer=64M
sort_buffer=64M
read_buffer=16M
write_buffer=16M<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout<\/p>\r\n

Notes<\/h4>\r\n