proxysql_global_variables – Gets or sets the proxysql global variables

Synopsis

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
path
Default:
""
Specify a config file from which login_user and login_password are to be read.
load_to_runtime
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Dynamically load config to runtime memory.
login_host
string
Default:
"127.0.0.1"
The host used to connect to ProxySQL admin interface.
login_password
string
The password used to authenticate to ProxySQL admin interface.
login_port
integer
Default:
6032
The port used to connect to ProxySQL admin interface.
login_user
string
The username used to authenticate to ProxySQL admin interface.
save_to_disk
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Save config to sqlite db on disk to persist the configuration.
value
-
Defines a value the variable specified using variable should be set to.
variable
- / required
Defines which variable should be returned, or if value is specified which variable should be updated.

Examples

---
# This example sets the value of a variable, saves the mysql admin variables
# config to disk, and dynamically loads the mysql admin variables config to
# runtime. It uses supplied credentials to connect to the proxysql admin
# interface.

- proxysql_global_variables:
    login_user: 'admin'
    login_password: 'admin'
    variable: 'mysql-max_connections'
    value: 4096

# This example gets the value of a variable.  It uses credentials in a
# supplied config file to connect to the proxysql admin interface.

- proxysql_global_variables:
    config_file: '~/proxysql.cnf'
    variable: 'mysql-default_query_delay'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
stdout
dictionary
Returns the current variable and value, or the newly set value for the variable supplied..
Returns the mysql variable supplied with it's associated value.

Sample:
{'changed': False, 'msg': 'The variable is already been set to the supplied value', 'var': {'variable_name': 'mysql-poll_timeout', 'variable_value': '3000'}}


Status

Authors

  • Ben Mildren (@bmildren)

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