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检验服务器配置
使用 show variables like '%log%'; 来检查服务器和日志文件相关的变量：root@cosmos ~ # mysql -uroot -p
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mysql> show variables like '%log%';
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| back_log | 50 |
| binlog_cache_size | 32768 |
| binlog_direct_non_transactional_updates | OFF |
| binlog_format | STATEMENT |
| binlog_stmt_cache_size | 32768 |
| expire_logs_days | 10 |
| general_log | OFF |
| general_log_file | /var/lib/mysql/cosmos.log |
| innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit | 1 |
| innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog | OFF |
| innodb_log_buffer_size | 8388608 |
| innodb_log_file_size | 5242880 |
| innodb_log_files_in_group | 2 |
| innodb_log_group_home_dir | ./ |
| innodb_mirrored_log_groups | 1 |
| log | OFF |
| log_bin | OFF |
| log_bin_trust_function_creators | OFF |
| log_error | |
| log_output | FILE |
| log_queries_not_using_indexes | OFF |
| log_slave_updates | OFF |
| log_slow_queries | OFF |
| log_warnings | 1 |
| max_binlog_cache_size | 18446744073709547520 |
| max_binlog_size | 104857600 |
| max_binlog_stmt_cache_size | 18446744073709547520 |
| max_relay_log_size | 0 |
| relay_log | |
| relay_log_index | |
| relay_log_info_file | relay-log.info |
| relay_log_purge | ON |
| relay_log_recovery | OFF |
| relay_log_space_limit | 0 |
| slow_query_log | OFF |
| slow_query_log_file | /var/lib/mysql/cosmos-slow.log |
| sql_log_bin | ON |
| sql_log_off | OFF |
| sync_binlog | 0 |
| sync_relay_log | 0 |
| sync_relay_log_info | 0 |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
41 rows in set (0.00 sec)
服务器变量相关官方文档参考 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-options.html。
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何时启用日志
MySql 默认安装的话，所有的日志文件都不会被启用的(除了 Windows 平台上的 error 日志)。Debian 上安装默认将 error 日志发给 syslog。实际上，在很多情况下日志文件都可以提供关键问题的解决办法：
总是启用 error 日志在这些情况下开启普通查询日志(最好在运行时)：检查你的应用是否正确处理了 MySql 数据库连接(一个常见的错误就是从一个单一脚本多次连接到 MySql)；监控来自你的应用的查询的执行情况；测试 memcached(或者类似的软件)，检查某查询是被 db 执行还是被 memcached 处理当你的应用由于某些原因造成性能下降而你想找到这些慢查询时，启用慢查询日志(MySql 最好是在短期内这样配置，比如 2-3 天)
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示例
以下是一个 MySql 普通日志的示例：131021 17:43:50 43 Connect root@localhost as anonymous on pnet_blog
43 Init DB pnet_blog
43 Query SELECT count(id) as total_posts FROM posts WHERE date_published is not null AND date_published <= '20131021144350'
43 Query SELEC