For our four-node, four-host MySQL Cluster, it is necessary to write four configuration files, one per node host.

Configuring the Storage and SQL Nodes

The my.cnf file needed for the data nodes is fairly simple. The configuration file should be located in the /etc directory and can be edited using any text editor. (Create the file if it does not exist.) For example:

shell> vi /etc/my.cnf

For each data node and SQL node in our example setup, my.cnf should look like this:

# Options for mysqld process:
[mysqld]
ndbcluster                      # run NDB storage engine
ndb-connectstring=192.168.0.10  # location of management server

# Options for ndbd process:
[mysql_cluster]
ndb-connectstring=192.168.0.10  # location of management server

After entering the preceding information, save this file and exit the text editor. Do this for the machines hosting data node “A”, data node “B”, and the SQL node.

Configuring the management node.  The first step in configuring the management node is to create the directory in which the configuration file can be found and then to create the file itself. For example (running as root):

shell> mkdir /var/lib/mysql-cluster
shell> cd /var/lib/mysql-cluster
shell> vi config.ini

For our representative setup, the config.ini file should read as follows:

# Options affecting ndbd processes on all data nodes:
[ndbd default]
NoOfReplicas=2    # Number of replicas
DataMemory=80M    # How much memory to allocate for data storage
IndexMemory=18M   # How much memory to allocate for index storage
                  # For DataMemory and IndexMemory, we have used the
                  # default values. Since the "world" database takes up
                  # only about 500KB, this should be more than enough for
                  # this example Cluster setup.

# TCP/IP options:
[tcp default]
portnumber=2202   # This the default; however, you can use any
                  # port that is free for all the hosts in the cluster
                  # Note: It is recommended beginning with MySQL 5.0 that
                  # you do not specify the portnumber at all and simply allow
                  # the default value to be used instead

# Management process options:
[ndb_mgmd]
hostname=192.168.0.10           # Hostname or IP address of MGM node
datadir=/var/lib/mysql-cluster  # Directory for MGM node log files

# Options for data node "A":
[ndbd]
                                # (one [ndbd] section per data node)
hostname=192.168.0.30           # Hostname or IP address
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data   # Directory for this data node's data files

# Options for data node "B":
[ndbd]
hostname=192.168.0.40           # Hostname or IP address
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data   # Directory for this data node's data files

# SQL node options:
[mysqld]
hostname=192.168.0.20           # Hostname or IP address
                                # (additional mysqld connections can be
                                # specified for this node for various
                                # purposes such as running ndb_restore)

After all the configuration files have been created and these minimal options have been specified, you are ready to proceed with starting the cluster and verifying that all processes are running. We discuss how this is done in Section 17.2.3, “Initial Startup of MySQL Cluster”.

For more detailed information about the available MySQL Cluster configuration parameters and their uses, see Section 17.3.2, “MySQL Cluster Configuration Files”, and Section 17.3, “MySQL Cluster Configuration”. For configuration of MySQL Cluster as relates to making backups, see Section 17.5.3.3, “Configuration for MySQL Cluster Backups”.