create db_name

Create a new database named db_name.

debug

Tell the server to write debug information to the error log. The connected user must have the SUPER privilege. Format and content of this information is subject to change.

This includes information about the Event Scheduler. See Section 24.4.5, “Event Scheduler Status”.

drop db_name

Delete the database named db_name and all its tables.

extended-status

Display the server status variables and their values.

flush-hosts

Flush all information in the host cache. See Section 8.12.4.2, “DNS Lookup Optimization and the Host Cache”.

flush-logs [log_type ...]

Flush all logs.

The mysqladmin flush-logs command permits optional log types to be given, to specify which logs to flush. Following the flush-logs command, you can provide a space-separated list of one or more of the following log types: binary, engine, error, general, relay, slow. These correspond to the log types that can be specified for the FLUSH LOGS SQL statement.

flush-privileges

Reload the grant tables (same as reload).

flush-status

Clear status variables.

flush-tables

Flush all tables.

flush-threads

Flush the thread cache.

kill id,id,...

Kill server threads. If multiple thread ID values are given, there must be no spaces in the list.

To kill threads belonging to other users, the connected user must have the CONNECTION_ADMIN or SUPER privilege.

password new_password

Set a new password. This changes the password to new_password for the account that you use with mysqladmin for connecting to the server. Thus, the next time you invoke mysqladmin (or any other client program) using the same account, you will need to specify the new password.

If the new_password value contains spaces or other characters that are special to your command interpreter, you need to enclose it within quotation marks. On Windows, be sure to use double quotation marks rather than single quotation marks; single quotation marks are not stripped from the password, but rather are interpreted as part of the password. For example:

shell> mysqladmin password "my new password"

In MySQL 8.0, the new password can be omitted following the password command. In this case, mysqladmin prompts for the password value, which enables you to avoid specifying the password on the command line. Omitting the password value should be done only if password is the final command on the mysqladmin command line. Otherwise, the next argument is taken as the password.

ping

Check whether the server is available. The return status from mysqladmin is 0 if the server is running, 1 if it is not. This is 0 even in case of an error such as Access denied, because this means that the server is running but refused the connection, which is different from the server not running.

processlist

Show a list of active server threads. This is like the output of the SHOW PROCESSLIST statement. If the --verbose option is given, the output is like that of SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST. (See Section 13.7.6.29, “SHOW PROCESSLIST Syntax”.)

reload

Reload the grant tables.

refresh

Flush all tables and close and open log files.

shutdown

Stop the server.

start-slave

Start replication on a slave server.

status

Display a short server status message.

stop-slave

Stop replication on a slave server.

variables

Display the server system variables and their values.

version

Display version information from the server.

Uptime

The number of seconds the MySQL server has been running.

Threads

The number of active threads (clients).

Questions

The number of questions (queries) from clients since the server was started.

Slow queries

The number of queries that have taken more than long_query_time seconds. See Section 5.4.5, “The Slow Query Log”.

Opens

The number of tables the server has opened.

Flush tables

The number of flush-*, refresh, and reload commands the server has executed.

Open tables

The number of tables that currently are open.

--help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

--bind-address=ip_address

On a computer having multiple network interfaces, use this option to select which interface to use for connecting to the MySQL server.

--character-sets-dir=dir_name

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 10.14, “Character Set Configuration”.

--compress, -C

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression.

--count=N, -c N

The number of iterations to make for repeated command execution if the --sleep option is given.

--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/mysqladmin.trace.

--debug-check

Print some debugging information when the program exits.

--debug-info

Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits.

--default-auth=plugin

A hint about the client-side authentication plugin to use. See Section 6.3.10, “Pluggable Authentication”.

--default-character-set=charset_name

Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 10.14, “Character Set Configuration”.

--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. file_name is interpreted relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name rather than a full path name.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--defaults-file=file_name

Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. file_name is interpreted relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name rather than a full path name.

Exception: Even with --defaults-file, client programs read .mylogin.cnf.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--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, mysqladmin normally reads the [client] and [mysqladmin] groups. If the --defaults-group-suffix=_other option is given, mysqladmin also reads the [client_other] and [mysqladmin_other] groups.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--enable-cleartext-plugin

Enable the mysql_clear_password cleartext authentication plugin. (See Section 6.5.1.4, “Client-Side Cleartext Pluggable Authentication”.)

--force, -f

Do not ask for confirmation for the drop db_name command. With multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs.

--get-server-public-key

Request from the server the public key required for RSA key pair-based password exchange. This option applies to clients that that authenticate with the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin. For that plugin, the server does not send the public key unless requested. This option is ignored for accounts that do not authenticate with that plugin. 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 information about the caching_sha2_password plugin, see Section 6.5.1.3, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”.

--host=host_name, -h host_name

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

--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 Section 4.6.7, “mysql_config_editor — MySQL Configuration Utility”.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--no-beep, -b

Suppress the warning beep that is emitted by default for errors such as a failure to connect to the server.

--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, if it exists, is read in all cases. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used. (.mylogin.cnf is created by the mysql_config_editor utility. See Section 4.6.7, “mysql_config_editor — MySQL Configuration Utility”.)

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option and the password. If you omit the password value following the --password or -p option on the command line, mysqladmin prompts for one.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 6.1.2.1, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

--pipe, -W

On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option applies only if the server supports named-pipe connections.

--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 mysqladmin does not find it. See Section 6.3.10, “Pluggable Authentication”.

--port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

--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 4.2.8, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

--protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the permissible values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting to the MySQL Server”.

--relative, -r

Show the difference between the current and previous values when used with the --sleep option. This option works only with the extended-status command.

--secure-auth

This option was removed in MySQL 8.0.3.

--server-public-key-path=file_name

The path name to a file containing a client-side copy of the public key required by the server for RSA key pair-based password exchange. The file must be in PEM format. 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 6.5.1.2, “SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication”, and Section 6.5.1.3, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”.

--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.

The server must be started with the --shared-memory option to enable shared-memory connections.

--show-warnings

Show warnings resulting from execution of statements sent to the server.

--silent, -s

Exit silently if a connection to the server cannot be established.

--sleep=delay, -i delay

Execute commands repeatedly, sleeping for delay seconds in between. The --count option determines the number of iterations. If --count is not given, mysqladmin executes commands indefinitely until interrupted.

--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.

--ssl*

Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the server using SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates. See Section 6.4.2, “Command Options for Encrypted Connections”.

--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 are permitted. See Section 6.6, “FIPS Support”.

These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:

--tls-version=protocol_list

The protocols permitted by the client for encrypted connections. The value is a comma-separated list containing one or more protocol names. The protocols that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 6.4.6, “Encrypted Connection Protocols and Ciphers”.

--user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.

--verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

--version, -V

Display version information and exit.

--vertical, -E

Print output vertically. This is similar to --relative, but prints output vertically.

--wait[=count], -w[count]

If the connection cannot be established, wait and retry instead of aborting. If a count value is given, it indicates the number of times to retry. The default is one time.

connect_timeout

The maximum number of seconds before connection timeout. The default value is 43200 (12 hours).

shutdown_timeout

The maximum number of seconds to wait for server shutdown. The default value is 3600 (1 hour).