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 4.2.2.2, "Using Option Files".

       o   --help, -?  Display a help message and exit.

       o   --auto-generate-sql, -a Generate SQL statements automatically when
           they are not supplied in files or using command options.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-add-autoincrement Add an AUTO_INCREMENT column
           to automatically generated tables.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-execute-number=N Specify how many queries to
           generate automatically.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-guid-primary Add a GUID-based primary key to
           automatically generated tables.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-load-type=type 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 Specify how many secondary
           indexes to add to automatically generated tables. By default, none
           are added.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-unique-query-number=N 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 How many different
           queries to generate for --auto-generate-sql-write-number. The
           default is 10.

       o   --auto-generate-sql-write-number=N How many row inserts to perform.
           The default is 100.

       o   --commit=N How many statements to execute before committing. The
           default is 0 (no commits are done).

       o   --compress, -C Compress all information sent between the client and
           the server if possible. See Section 4.2.8, "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 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 4.2.8, "Connection Compression
           Control".

           This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

       o   --concurrency=N, -c N The number of parallel clients to simulate.

       o   --create=value The file or string containing the statement to use
           for creating the table.

       o   --create-schema=value 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] 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] 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 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 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 A hint about which client-side authentication
           plugin to use. See Section 6.2.17, "Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --defaults-extra-file=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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --defaults-file=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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --defaults-group-suffix=str 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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --delimiter=str, -F str The delimiter to use in SQL statements
           supplied in files or using command options.

       o   --detach=N Detach (close and reopen) each connection after each N
           statements. The default is 0 (connections are not detached).

       o   --enable-cleartext-plugin Enable the mysql_clear_password cleartext
           authentication plugin. (See Section 6.4.1.4, "Client-Side Cleartext
           Pluggable Authentication".)

       o   --engine=engine_name, -e engine_name The storage engine to use for
           creating tables.

       o   --get-server-public-key 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 6.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --host=host_name, -h host_name Connect to the MySQL server on the
           given host.

       o   --iterations=N, -i N The number of times to run the tests.

       o   --login-path=name 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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --no-drop Prevent mysqlslap from dropping any schema it creates
           during the test run.

       o   --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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --number-char-cols=N, -x N The number of VARCHAR columns to use if
           --auto-generate-sql is specified.

       o   --number-int-cols=N, -y N The number of INT columns to use if
           --auto-generate-sql is specified.

       o   --number-of-queries=N 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 Do not connect to databases.  mysqlslap only prints
           what it would have done.

       o   --password[=password], -p[password] 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 6.1.2.1, "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 6.1.2.1, "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 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 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 6.2.17, "Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --port=port_num, -P port_num For TCP/IP connections, the port
           number to use.

       o   --post-query=value 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 The string to execute using system() after the
           tests have completed. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes.

       o   --pre-query=value 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 The string to execute using system() before
           running the tests. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes.

       o   --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 4.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect
           Option-File Handling".

       o   --protocol={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 4.2.7, "Connection Transport Protocols".

       o   --query=value, -q value The file or string containing the SELECT
           statement to use for retrieving data.

       o   --server-public-key-path=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 6.4.1.3, "SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication",
           and Section 6.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

       o   --shared-memory-base-name=name 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 Silent mode. No output.

       o   --socket=path, -S path 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 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} 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 6.8, "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 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 6.3.2, "Encrypted
           Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers".

           This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

       o   --tls-version=protocol_list 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 6.3.2, "Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and
           Ciphers".

       o   --user=user_name, -u user_name The user name of the MySQL account
           to use for connecting to the server.

       o   --verbose, -v 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 Display version information and exit.

       o   --zstd-compression-level=level 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 4.2.8, "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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