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+# For advice on how to change settings please see
+# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-configuration-defaults.html
+
+[mysqld]
+#
+# Remove leading # and set to the amount of RAM for the most important data
+# cache in MySQL. Start at 70% of total RAM for dedicated server, else 10%.
+# innodb_buffer_pool_size = 128M
+#
+# Remove leading # to turn on a very important data integrity option: logging
+# changes to the binary log between backups.
+# log_bin
+#
+# Remove leading # to set options mainly useful for reporting servers.
+# The server defaults are faster for transactions and fast SELECTs.
+# Adjust sizes as needed, experiment to find the optimal values.
+# join_buffer_size = 128M
+# sort_buffer_size = 2M
+# read_rnd_buffer_size = 2M
+skip-host-cache
+skip-name-resolve
+datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
+secure-file-priv=/var/lib/mysql-files
+user=mysql
+
+# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
+symbolic-links=0
+
+log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
+pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid