ndb_config

Langue: en

Version: 11/16/2009 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

ndb_config - extract MySQL Cluster configuration information

SYNOPSIS

ndb_config options

DESCRIPTION

This tool extracts current configuration information for data nodes, SQL nodes, and API nodes from a cluster management node (and possibly its config.ini file). Beginning with MySQL Cluster NDB 6.3.25 and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.6, it can also provide an offline dump (in text or XML format) of all configuration parameters which can be used, along with their default, maximum, and minimum values and other information (see the discussion of the --configinfo and --xml options later in this section).

The following table includes options that are specific to ndb_config. Additional descriptions follow the table. For options common to all MySQL Cluster programs, see Section 17.4.2, "Options Common to MySQL Cluster Programs".

--usage, --help, or -?
Command Line Format --help

Causes ndb_config to print a list of available options, and then exit.

--version, -V
Command Line Format -V

Causes ndb_config to print a version information string, and then exit.

--ndb-connectstring=connect_string
Command Line Format --ndb-connectstring=name
  Permitted Values
Type string
Default localhost:1186

Specifies the connectstring to use in connecting to the management server. The format for the connectstring is the same as described in Section 17.3.2.3, "The MySQL Cluster Connectstring", and defaults to localhost:1186.

The use of -c as a short version for this option is supported for ndb_config beginning with MySQL 5.1.12.

--config-file=path-to-file
Gives the path to the management server's configuration file (config.ini). This may be a relative or absolute path. If the management node resides on a different host from the one on which ndb_config is invoked, then an absolute path must be used.
--query=query-options, -q query-options
Command Line Format --query=string
  Permitted Values
Type string
Default

This is a comma-delimited list of query options --- that is, a list of one or more node attributes to be returned. These include id (node ID), type (node type --- that is, ndbd, mysqld, or ndb_mgmd), and any configuration parameters whose values are to be obtained.

For example, --query=id,type,indexmemory,datamemory would return the node ID, node type, DataMemory, and IndexMemory for each node.


Note
If a given parameter is not applicable to a certain type of node, than an empty string is returned for the corresponding value. See the examples later in this section for more information.
--host=hostname
Command Line Format --host=name
  Permitted Values
Type string
Default

Specifies the host name of the node for which configuration information is to be obtained.

--id=node_id, --nodeid=node_id
Command Line Format --ndb-nodeid=#
  Permitted Values
Type numeric
Default 0

Used to specify the node ID of the node for which configuration information is to be obtained.

--nodes
Command Line Format --nodes
  Permitted Values
Type boolean
Default FALSE

(Tells ndb_config to print information from parameters defined in [ndbd] sections only. Currently, using this option has no affect, since these are the only values checked, but it may become possible in future to query parameters set in [tcp] and other sections of cluster configuration files.)

--type=node_type
Command Line Format --type=name
  Permitted Values
Type enumeration
Default
Valid Values ndbd, mysqld, ndb_mgmd

Filters results so that only configuration values applying to nodes of the specified node_type (ndbd, mysqld, or ndb_mgmd) are returned.

--fields=delimiter, -f delimiter
Command Line Format --fields=string
  Permitted Values
Type string
Default

Specifies a delimiter string used to separate the fields in the result. The default is "," (the comma character).


Note
If the delimiter contains spaces or escapes (such as \n for the linefeed character), then it must be quoted.
--rows=separator, -r separator
Command Line Format --rows=string
  Permitted Values
Type string
Default

Specifies a separator string used to separate the rows in the result. The default is a space character.


Note
If the separator contains spaces or escapes (such as \n for the linefeed character), then it must be quoted.
--configinfo [--xml]
Version Introduced 5.1.34-ndb-7.0.6
Command Line Format --configinfo
  Permitted Values
Type boolean
Default false
Version Introduced 5.1.34-ndb-7.0.6
Command Line Format --configinfo --xml
  Permitted Values
Type boolean
Default false

The --configinfo option, added in MySQL Cluster NDB 6.3.25 and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.6, causes ndb_config to dump a list of each MySQL Cluster configuration parameter supported by the MySQL Cluster distribution of which ndb_config is a part, including the following information:

• A brief description of each parameter's purpose, effects, and usage
• The section of the config.ini file where the parameter may be used
• The parameter's data type or unit of measurement
• Where applicable, the parameter's default, minimum, and maximum values
• A brief description of the parameter's purpose, effects, and usage
• MySQL Cluster release version and build information
By default, this output is in text format. Part of this output is shown here:
 shell> ndb_config --configinfo
 ****** SYSTEM ******
 Name (String)
 Name of system (NDB Cluster)
 MANDATORY
 PrimaryMGMNode (Non-negative Integer)
 Node id of Primary ndb_mgmd(MGM) node
 Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
 ConfigGenerationNumber (Non-negative Integer)
 Configuration generation number
 Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
 ****** DB ******
 MaxNoOfSubscriptions (Non-negative Integer)
 Max no of subscriptions (default 0 == MaxNoOfTables)
 Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
 MaxNoOfSubscribers (Non-negative Integer)
 Max no of subscribers (default 0 == 2 * MaxNoOfTables)
 Default: 0 (Min: 0, Max: 4294967039)
 ...
 

You can obtain the output as XML by using the --xml option (also available beginning with MySQL Cluster NDB 6.3.25 and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.6) in addition to --configinfo. A portion of the resulting output is shown in this example:

 shell> ndb_config --configinfo --xml
 <configvariables protocolversion="1" ndbversionstring="mysql-5.1.34 ndb-7.0.6"
                     ndbversion="458758" ndbversionmajor="7" ndbversionminor="0"
                     ndbversionbuild="6">
   <section name="SYSTEM">
     <param name="Name" comment="Name of system (NDB Cluster)" type="string"
               mandatory="true"/>
     <param name="PrimaryMGMNode" comment="Node id of Primary ndb_mgmd(MGM) node"
               type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
     <param name="ConfigGenerationNumber" comment="Configuration generation number"
               type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
   </section>
   <section name="NDBD">
     <param name="MaxNoOfSubscriptions" comment="Max no of subscriptions (default 0 == MaxNoOfTables)"
               type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
     <param name="MaxNoOfSubscribers" comment="Max no of subscribers (default 0 == 2 * MaxNoOfTables)"
               type="unsigned" default="0" min="0" max="4294967039"/>
     ...
   </section>
   ...
 </configvariables>
 

Important
The --xml option can be used only with the --configinfo option. Using --xml without --configinfo fails with an error.
Unlike the options used with this program to obtain current configuration data, --configinfo and --xml use information obtained from the MySQL Cluster sources when ndb_config was compiled. For this reason, no connection to a running MySQL Cluster or access to a config.ini or my.cnf file is required for these two options.

Combining other ndb_config options (such as --query or --type) with --configinfo or --xml is not supported. If you attempt to do so, the usual (current) result is that all other options besides --configinfo or --xml are simply ignored. However, this behavior is not guaranteed and is subject to change at any time. In addition, since ndb_config when used with the --configinfo option does not access the MySQL Cluster or read any files, trying to specify additional options such as --ndb-connectstring or --config-file with --configinfo serves no purpose.

Examples:

1. To obtain the node ID and type of each node in the cluster:
 shell> ./ndb_config --query=id,type --fields=':' --rows='\n'
 1:ndbd
 2:ndbd
 3:ndbd
 4:ndbd
 5:ndb_mgmd
 6:mysqld
 7:mysqld
 8:mysqld
 9:mysqld
 

In this example, we used the --fields options to separate the ID and type of each node with a colon character (:), and the --rows options to place the values for each node on a new line in the output.

2. To produce a connectstring that can be used by data, SQL, and API nodes to connect to the management server:
 shell> ./ndb_config --config-file=usr/local/mysql/cluster-data/config.ini --query=hostname,portnumber --fields=: --rows=, --type=ndb_mgmd
 192.168.0.179:1186
 
3. This invocation of ndb_config checks only data nodes (using the --type option), and shows the values for each node's ID and host name, and its DataMemory, IndexMemory, and DataDir parameters:
 shell> ./ndb_config --type=ndbd --query=id,host,datamemory,indexmemory,datadir -f ' : ' -r '\n'
 1 : 192.168.0.193 : 83886080 : 18874368 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
 2 : 192.168.0.112 : 83886080 : 18874368 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
 3 : 192.168.0.176 : 83886080 : 18874368 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
 4 : 192.168.0.119 : 83886080 : 18874368 : /usr/local/mysql/cluster-data
 

In this example, we used the short options -f and -r for setting the field delimiter and row separator, respectively.

4. To exclude results from any host except one in particular, use the --host option:
 shell> ./ndb_config --host=192.168.0.176 -f : -r '\n' -q id,type
 3:ndbd
 5:ndb_mgmd
 

In this example, we also used the short form -q to determine the attributes to be queried.

Similarly, you can limit results to a node with a specific ID using the --id or --nodeid option.


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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

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).