For homebrew mysql installs, where's my.cnf?

Question

For homebrew mysql installs, where\'s my.cnf? Does it install one?

Answer 1

Nothing really helped me - I could not overwrite settings in a /etc/my.cnf file. So I searched like John suggested https://stackoverflow.com/a/7974114/717251

sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
# wait a few minutes for it to finish
locate my.cnf

It found another my.cnf in

/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.21/my.cnf

changing this file worked for me! Don't forget to restart the launch Agent:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

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Update:

If you have a fairly recent installation of homebrew you should use the brew services commands to restart mysql (use your installed homebrew mysql version, i.e. mysql or mysql@5.7):

brew services stop mysql
brew services start mysql