mysqlslap

MYSQLSLAP(1)                 MySQL Database System                MYSQLSLAP(1)

NAME
       mysqlslap - a load emulation client

SYNOPSIS
       mysqlslap [options]

DESCRIPTION
       mysqlslap is a diagnostic program designed to emulate client load for a
       MySQL server and to report the timing of each stage. It works as if
       multiple clients are accessing the server.

       Invoke mysqlslap like this:

           mysqlslap [options]

       Some options such as --create or --query enable you to specify a string
       containing an SQL statement or a file containing statements. If you
       specify a file, by default it must contain one statement per line.
       (That is, the implicit statement delimiter is the newline character.)
       Use the --delimiter option to specify a different delimiter, which
       enables you to specify statements that span multiple lines or place
       multiple statements on a single line. You cannot include comments in a
       file; mysqlslap does not understand them.

       mysqlslap runs in three stages:

        1. Create schema, table, and optionally any stored programs or data to
           use for the test. This stage uses a single client connection.

        2. Run the load test. This stage can use many client connections.

        3. Clean up (disconnect, drop table if specified). This stage uses a
           single client connection.

       Examples:

       Supply your own create and query SQL statements, with 50 clients
       querying and 200 selects for each (enter the command on a single line):

           mysqlslap --delimiter=";"
             --create="CREATE TABLE a (b int);INSERT INTO a VALUES (23)"
             --query="SELECT * FROM a" --concurrency=50 --iterations=200

       Let mysqlslap build the query SQL statement with a table of two INT
       columns and three VARCHAR columns. Use five clients querying 20 times
       each. Do not create the table or insert the data (that is, use the
       previous test's schema and data):

           mysqlslap --concurrency=5 --iterations=20
             --number-int-cols=2 --number-char-cols=3
             --auto-generate-sql

       Tell the program to load the create, insert, and query SQL statements
       from the specified files, where the create.sql file has multiple table
       creation statements delimited by ';' and multiple insert statements
       delimited by ';'. The --query file should contain multiple queries
       delimited by ';'. Run all the load statements, then run all the queries
       in the query file with five clients (five times each):

           mysqlslap --concurrency=5
             --iterations=5 --query=query.sql --create=create.sql
             --delimiter=";"

       mysqlslap supports the following options, which can be specified on the
       command line or in the [mysqlslap] and [client] groups of an option
       file. For information about option files used by MySQL programs, see
       Section 6.2.2.2, "Using Option Files".

       o   --help, -?

           +--------------------+--------+
           |Command-Line Format | --help |
           +--------------------+--------+
           Display a help message and exit.

       o   --auto-generate-sql, -a

           +--------------------+---------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql |
           +--------------------+---------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean             |
           +--------------------+---------------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE               |
           +--------------------+---------------------+
           Generate SQL statements automatically when they are not supplied in
           files or using command options.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-add-autoincrement

           +--------------------+--------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-add- |
           |                    | autoincrement            |
           +--------------------+--------------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean                  |
           +--------------------+--------------------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE                    |
           +--------------------+--------------------------+
           Add an AUTO_INCREMENT column to automatically generated tables.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-execute-number=N

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql- |
           |                    | execute-number=#     |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric              |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           Specify how many queries to generate automatically.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-guid-primary

           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-guid- |
           |                    | primary                   |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean                   |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE                     |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           Add a GUID-based primary key to automatically generated tables.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-load-type=type

           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-load- |
           |                    | type=type                 |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Type                | Enumeration               |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Default Value       | mixed                     |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Valid Values        |                           |
           |                    |            read           |
           |                    |                           |
           |                    |            write          |
           |                    |                           |
           |                    |            key            |
           |                    |                           |
           |                    |            update         |
           |                    |                           |
           |                    |            mixed          |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           Specify the test load type. The permissible values are read (scan
           tables), write (insert into tables), key (read primary keys),
           update (update primary keys), or mixed (half inserts, half scanning
           selects). The default is mixed.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-secondary-indexes=N

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql- |
           |                    | secondary-indexes=#  |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric              |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Default Value       | 0                    |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           Specify how many secondary indexes to add to automatically
           generated tables. By default, none are added.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-unique-query-number=N

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-  |
           |                    | unique-query-number=# |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric               |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Default Value       | 10                    |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           How many different queries to generate for automatic tests. For
           example, if you run a key test that performs 1000 selects, you can
           use this option with a value of 1000 to run 1000 unique queries, or
           with a value of 50 to perform 50 different selects. The default is
           10.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-unique-write-number=N

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-  |
           |                    | unique-write-number=# |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric               |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Default Value       | 10                    |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           How many different queries to generate for
           --auto-generate-sql-write-number. The default is 10.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-write-number=N

           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --auto-generate-sql-write- |
           |                    | number=#                   |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric                    |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Default Value       | 100                        |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           How many row inserts to perform. The default is 100.

       o   --commit=N

           +--------------------+------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --commit=# |
           +--------------------+------------+
           |Type                | Numeric    |
           +--------------------+------------+
           |Default Value       | 0          |
           +--------------------+------------+
           How many statements to execute before committing. The default is 0
           (no commits are done).

       o   --compress, -C

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --compress[={OFF|ON}] |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Deprecated          | 8.0.18                |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean               |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Default Value       | OFF                   |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
           possible. See Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression Control".

           As of MySQL 8.0.18, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be
           removed in a future version of MySQL. See the section called
           "Configuring Legacy Connection Compression".

       o   --compression-algorithms=value

           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --compression-          |
           |                    | algorithms=value        |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Introduced          | 8.0.18                  |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Type                | Set                     |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Default Value       | uncompressed            |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Valid Values        |                         |
           |                    |            zlib         |
           |                    |                         |
           |                    |            zstd         |
           |                    |                         |
           |                    |            uncompressed |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           The permitted compression algorithms for connections to the server.
           The available algorithms are the same as for the
           protocol_compression_algorithms system variable. The default value
           is uncompressed.

           For more information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression
           Control".

           This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

       o   --concurrency=N, -c N

           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --concurrency=# |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Type                | Numeric         |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           The number of parallel clients to simulate.

       o   --create=value

           +--------------------+----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --create=value |
           +--------------------+----------------+
           |Type                | String         |
           +--------------------+----------------+
           The file or string containing the statement to use for creating the
           table.

       o   --create-schema=value

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --create-schema=value |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | String                |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           The schema in which to run the tests.

               Note
               If the --auto-generate-sql option is also given, mysqlslap
               drops the schema at the end of the test run. To avoid this, use
               the --no-drop option as well.

       o   --csv[=file_name]

           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --csv=[file] |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Type                | File name    |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           Generate output in comma-separated values format. The output goes
           to the named file, or to the standard output if no file is given.

       o   --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --debug[=debug_options]    |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Type                | String                     |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Default Value       | d:t:o,/tmp/mysqlslap.trace |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
           d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:o,/tmp/mysqlslap.trace.

           This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
           MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
           option.

       o   --debug-check

           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --debug-check |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Type                | Boolean       |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE         |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           Print some debugging information when the program exits.

           This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
           MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
           option.

       o   --debug-info, -T

           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --debug-info |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Type                | Boolean      |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE        |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics
           when the program exits.

           This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
           MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
           option.

       o   --default-auth=plugin

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --default-auth=plugin |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | String                |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           A hint about which client-side authentication plugin to use. See
           Section 8.2.17, "Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --defaults-extra-file=file_name

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --defaults-extra- |
           |                    | file=file_name    |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | File name         |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix)
           before the user option file. If the file does not exist or is
           otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an
           absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current
           directory.

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --defaults-file=file_name

           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --defaults-file=file_name |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Type                | File name                 |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is
           otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an
           absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current
           directory.

           Exception: Even with --defaults-file, client programs read
           .mylogin.cnf.

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --defaults-group-suffix=str

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --defaults-group- |
           |                    | suffix=str        |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the
           usual names and a suffix of str. For example, mysqlslap normally
           reads the [client] and [mysqlslap] groups. If this option is given
           as --defaults-group-suffix=_other, mysqlslap also reads the
           [client_other] and [mysqlslap_other] groups.

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --delimiter=str, -F str

           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --delimiter=str |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Type                | String          |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           The delimiter to use in SQL statements supplied in files or using
           command options.

       o   --detach=N

           +--------------------+------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --detach=# |
           +--------------------+------------+
           |Type                | Numeric    |
           +--------------------+------------+
           |Default Value       | 0          |
           +--------------------+------------+
           Detach (close and reopen) each connection after each N statements.
           The default is 0 (connections are not detached).

       o   --enable-cleartext-plugin

           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --enable-cleartext-plugin |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean                   |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE                     |
           +--------------------+---------------------------+
           Enable the mysql_clear_password cleartext authentication plugin.
           (See Section 8.4.1.4, "Client-Side Cleartext Pluggable
           Authentication".)

       o   --engine=engine_name, -e engine_name

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --engine=engine_name |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | String               |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           The storage engine to use for creating tables.

       o   --get-server-public-key

           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --get-server-public-key |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           |Type                | Boolean                 |
           +--------------------+-------------------------+
           Request from the server the RSA public key that it uses for key
           pair-based password exchange. This option applies to clients that
           connect to the server using an account that authenticates with the
           caching_sha2_password authentication plugin. For connections by
           such accounts, the server does not send the public key to the
           client unless requested. The option is ignored for accounts that do
           not authenticate with that plugin. It is also ignored if RSA-based
           password exchange is not needed, as is the case when the client
           connects to the server using a secure connection.

           If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a
           valid public key file, it takes precedence over
           --get-server-public-key.

           For information about the caching_sha2_password plugin, see
           Section 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --host=host_name, -h host_name

           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --host=host_name |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Type                | String           |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Default Value       | localhost        |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

       o   --iterations=N, -i N

           +--------------------+----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --iterations=# |
           +--------------------+----------------+
           |Type                | Numeric        |
           +--------------------+----------------+
           The number of times to run the tests.

       o   --login-path=name

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --login-path=name |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf login
           path file. A "login path" is an option group containing options
           that specify which MySQL server to connect to and which account to
           authenticate as. To create or modify a login path file, use the
           mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --no-drop

           +--------------------+-----------+
           |Command-Line Format | --no-drop |
           +--------------------+-----------+
           |Type                | Boolean   |
           +--------------------+-----------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE     |
           +--------------------+-----------+
           Prevent mysqlslap from dropping any schema it creates during the
           test run.

       o   --no-defaults

           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --no-defaults |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to
           reading unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults can be
           used to prevent them from being read.

           The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file is read in all cases,
           if it exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way
           than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used. To create
           .mylogin.cnf, use the mysql_config_editor utility. See
           mysql_config_editor(1).

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --number-char-cols=N, -x N

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --number-char-cols=# |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric              |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           The number of VARCHAR columns to use if --auto-generate-sql is
           specified.

       o   --number-int-cols=N, -y N

           +--------------------+---------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --number-int-cols=# |
           +--------------------+---------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric             |
           +--------------------+---------------------+
           The number of INT columns to use if --auto-generate-sql is
           specified.

       o   --number-of-queries=N

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --number-of-queries=# |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | Numeric               |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           Limit each client to approximately this many queries. Query
           counting takes into account the statement delimiter. For example,
           if you invoke mysqlslap as follows, the ; delimiter is recognized
           so that each instance of the query string counts as two queries. As
           a result, 5 rows (not 10) are inserted.

               mysqlslap --delimiter=";" --number-of-queries=10
                         --query="use test;insert into t values(null)"

       o   --only-print

           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --only-print |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Type                | Boolean      |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           |Default Value       | FALSE        |
           +--------------------+--------------+
           Do not connect to databases.  mysqlslap only prints what it would
           have done.

       o   --password[=password], -p[password]

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --password[=password] |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | String                |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           The password of the MySQL account used for connecting to the
           server. The password value is optional. If not given, mysqlslap
           prompts for one. If given, there must be no space between
           --password= or -p and the password following it. If no password
           option is specified, the default is to send no password.

           Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
           insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an
           option file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password
           Security".

           To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqlslap
           should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password option.

       o   --password1[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
           factor 1 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.
           The password value is optional. If not given, mysqlslap prompts for
           one. If given, there must be no space between --password1= and the
           password following it. If no password option is specified, the
           default is to send no password.

           Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
           insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an
           option file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password
           Security".

           To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqlslap
           should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password1 option.

           --password1 and --password are synonymous, as are --skip-password1
           and --skip-password.

       o   --password2[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
           factor 2 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.
           The semantics of this option are similar to the semantics for
           --password1; see the description of that option for details.

       o   --password3[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
           factor 3 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.
           The semantics of this option are similar to the semantics for
           --password1; see the description of that option for details.

       o   --pipe, -W

           +--------------------+--------+
           |Command-Line Format | --pipe |
           +--------------------+--------+
           |Type                | String |
           +--------------------+--------+
           On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option
           applies only if the server was started with the named_pipe system
           variable enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition,
           the user making the connection must be a member of the Windows
           group specified by the named_pipe_full_access_group system
           variable.

       o   --plugin-dir=dir_name

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --plugin-dir=dir_name |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Type                | Directory name        |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if
           the --default-auth option is used to specify an authentication
           plugin but mysqlslap does not find it. See Section 8.2.17,
           "Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --port=port_num, -P port_num

           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --port=port_num |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Type                | Numeric         |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Default Value       | 3306            |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use.

       o   --post-query=value

           +--------------------+--------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --post-query=value |
           +--------------------+--------------------+
           |Type                | String             |
           +--------------------+--------------------+
           The file or string containing the statement to execute after the
           tests have completed. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes.

       o   --post-system=str

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --post-system=str |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           The string to execute using system() after the tests have
           completed. This execution is not counted for timing purposes.

       o   --pre-query=value

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --pre-query=value |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           The file or string containing the statement to execute before
           running the tests. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes.

       o   --pre-system=str

           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --pre-system=str |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Type                | String           |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           The string to execute using system() before running the tests. This
           execution is not counted for timing purposes.

       o   --print-defaults

           +--------------------+------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --print-defaults |
           +--------------------+------------------+
           Print the program name and all options that it gets from option
           files.

           For additional information about this and other option-file
           options, see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --protocol=type   |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Default Value       | [see text]        |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Valid Values        |                   |
           |                    |            TCP    |
           |                    |                   |
           |                    |            SOCKET |
           |                    |                   |
           |                    |            PIPE   |
           |                    |                   |
           |                    |            MEMORY |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           The transport protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is
           useful when the other connection parameters normally result in use
           of a protocol other than the one you want. For details on the
           permissible values, see Section 6.2.7, "Connection Transport
           Protocols".

       o   --query=value, -q value

           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --query=value |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           |Type                | String        |
           +--------------------+---------------+
           The file or string containing the SELECT statement to use for
           retrieving data.

       o   --server-public-key-path=file_name

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --server-public-key- |
           |                    | path=file_name       |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | File name            |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           The path name to a file in PEM format containing a client-side copy
           of the public key required by the server for RSA key pair-based
           password exchange. This option applies to clients that authenticate
           with the sha256_password or caching_sha2_password authentication
           plugin. This option is ignored for accounts that do not
           authenticate with one of those plugins. It is also ignored if
           RSA-based password exchange is not used, as is the case when the
           client connects to the server using a secure connection.

           If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a
           valid public key file, it takes precedence over
           --get-server-public-key.

           For sha256_password, this option applies only if MySQL was built
           using OpenSSL.

           For information about the sha256_password and caching_sha2_password
           plugins, see Section 8.4.1.3, "SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication",
           and Section 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --shared-memory-base-name=name

           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --shared-memory-base- |
           |                    | name=name             |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           |Platform Specific   | Windows               |
           +--------------------+-----------------------+
           On Windows, the shared-memory name to use for connections made
           using shared memory to a local server. The default value is MYSQL.
           The shared-memory name is case-sensitive.

           This option applies only if the server was started with the
           shared_memory system variable enabled to support shared-memory
           connections.

       o   --silent, -s

           +--------------------+----------+
           |Command-Line Format | --silent |
           +--------------------+----------+
           Silent mode. No output.

       o   --socket=path, -S path

           +--------------------+--------------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --socket={file_name|pipe_name} |
           +--------------------+--------------------------------+
           |Type                | String                         |
           +--------------------+--------------------------------+
           For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
           Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

           On Windows, this option applies only if the server was started with
           the named_pipe system variable enabled to support named-pipe
           connections. In addition, the user making the connection must be a
           member of the Windows group specified by the
           named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.

       o   --sql-mode=mode

           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --sql-mode=mode |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           |Type                | String          |
           +--------------------+-----------------+
           Set the SQL mode for the client session.

       o   --ssl* Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to
           the server using encryption and indicate where to find SSL keys and
           certificates. See the section called "Command Options for Encrypted
           Connections".

       o   --ssl-fips-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT}

           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --ssl-fips-          |
           |                    | mode={OFF|ON|STRICT} |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Deprecated          | 8.0.34               |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Type                | Enumeration          |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Default Value       | OFF                  |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           |Valid Values        |                      |
           |                    |            OFF       |
           |                    |                      |
           |                    |            ON        |
           |                    |                      |
           |                    |            STRICT    |
           +--------------------+----------------------+
           Controls whether to enable FIPS mode on the client side. The
           --ssl-fips-mode option differs from other --ssl-xxx options in that
           it is not used to establish encrypted connections, but rather to
           affect which cryptographic operations to permit. See Section 8.8,
           "FIPS Support".

           These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:

           o   OFF: Disable FIPS mode.

           o   ON: Enable FIPS mode.

           o   STRICT: Enable "strict" FIPS mode.

               Note
               If the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module is not available, the only
               permitted value for --ssl-fips-mode is OFF. In this case,
               setting --ssl-fips-mode to ON or STRICT causes the client to
               produce a warning at startup and to operate in non-FIPS mode.
           As of MySQL 8.0.34, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be
           removed in a future version of MySQL.

       o   --tls-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list

           +--------------------+-------------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --tls-                        |
           |                    | ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list |
           +--------------------+-------------------------------+
           |Introduced          | 8.0.16                        |
           +--------------------+-------------------------------+
           |Type                | String                        |
           +--------------------+-------------------------------+
           The permissible ciphersuites for encrypted connections that use
           TLSv1.3. The value is a list of one or more colon-separated
           ciphersuite names. The ciphersuites that can be named for this
           option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For
           details, see Section 8.3.2, "Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and
           Ciphers".

           This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

       o   --tls-version=protocol_list

           +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format       | --tls-                                   |
           |                          | version=protocol_list                    |
           +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+
           |Type                      | String                                   |
           +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+
           |Default Value (>= 8.0.16) |                                          |
           |                          |            TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3 |
           |                          |            (OpenSSL 1.1.1                |
           |                          |            or higher)                    |
           |                          |                                          |
           |                          |            TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2         |
           |                          |            (otherwise)                   |
           +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+
           |Default Value (<= 8.0.15) | TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2                    |
           +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+
           The permissible TLS protocols for encrypted connections. The value
           is a list of one or more comma-separated protocol names. The
           protocols that can be named for this option depend on the SSL
           library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2,
           "Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers".

       o   --user=user_name, -u user_name

           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --user=user_name, |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           |Type                | String            |
           +--------------------+-------------------+
           The user name of the MySQL account to use for connecting to the
           server.

       o   --verbose, -v

           +--------------------+-----------+
           |Command-Line Format | --verbose |
           +--------------------+-----------+
           Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
           This option can be used multiple times to increase the amount of
           information.

       o   --version, -V

           +--------------------+-----------+
           |Command-Line Format | --version |
           +--------------------+-----------+
           Display version information and exit.

       o   --zstd-compression-level=level

           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Command-Line Format | --zstd-compression-level=# |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Introduced          | 8.0.18                     |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           |Type                | Integer                    |
           +--------------------+----------------------------+
           The compression level to use for connections to the server that use
           the zstd compression algorithm. The permitted levels are from 1 to
           22, with larger values indicating increasing levels of compression.
           The default zstd compression level is 3. The compression level
           setting has no effect on connections that do not use zstd
           compression.

           For more information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression
           Control".

           This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

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SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

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