What is the location of mysql client “.my.cnf” in XAMPP for Windows?

Question

What is the location of mysql client .my.cnf using XAMPP in Windows?

Clarification: This file does not exist by default, so when you cr

Answer 1

XAMPP uses a file called mysql_start.bat to start MySQL and if you open that file with a text editor you can see what config file is trying to use, in the current version it is:

mysql\bin\mysqld --defaults-file=mysql\bin\my.ini --standalone --console

If you installed XAMPP on the default path it means it is on c:/xampp/mysql/bin/my.ini

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If somehow the file doesn't exist you should open a console terminal (start-> type "cmd", press enter) and then write "mysql --help" and it prints a text mentioning the default locations, in the current version of XAMPP is:

C:\Windows\my.ini C:\Windows\my.cnf C:\my.ini C:\my.cnf C:\xampp\mysql\my.ini C:\xampp\mysql\my.cnf

Answer 2

If you install it directly with the community installer on windows 2008 server, it will reside on c:\ProgamData\MySql\MysqlServerVersion\my.ini

Answer 3

It's usually in your MySQL installation folder like in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini or C:\xampp\mysql\bin

If it's not there, it's highly possible that you have none, and that MySQL is just loading default values.

You might have to enable hidden Files and Folders to see it. Go to Folder Options: in any folder, go to the top horizontal main text menu >> Tools >> Folder Options. Enable 'View Hidden Files and Folders', and 'View Protected System Files', save & exit

Answer 4

Using the XAMPP control panel, click on the Config button for MySQL and you'll find the file it's currently using.

Answer 5

If you connect to the server with MySQL Workbench add look at 'Management' and 'Options File' in the menu on the left, then the location of the config file being used by that server is shown at the bottom of the pane on the right.

Answer 6

On Windows you can open a command window and type the command

sc qc mysql

Or:

sc qc mariadb

which (depending on your flavor and version) will output something like:

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: mariadb
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS 
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\bin\mysqld.exe" "--defaults-file=C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\data\my.ini" "MariaDB"
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   : 
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : MariaDB
        DEPENDENCIES       : 
        SERVICE_START_NAME : NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService

From this you can see the location of the my.ini file.

You can also change it with the same "sc" command like this:

sc config mysql binPath= <binary path>

Or:

sc config mariadb binPath= <binary path>

For example:

sc config mariadb binpath= "\"C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\bin\mysqld.exe\" \"--defaults-file=M:\data\my.ini\" \"MariaDB\""