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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-04 18:00:34 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-04 18:00:34 +0000
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+#!@PERL_PATH@
+
+# Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2010, 2017, MariaDB Corporation
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+# of the License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Library General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1335 USA
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+use POSIX qw(strftime getcwd);
+use File::Path qw(mkpath);
+
+$|=1;
+$VER="3.0";
+
+my @defaults_options; # Leading --no-defaults, --defaults-file, etc.
+
+$opt_example = 0;
+$opt_help = 0;
+$opt_log = undef();
+$opt_mysqladmin = "@bindir@/mariadb-admin";
+$opt_mysqld = "@sbindir@/mariadbd";
+$opt_no_log = 0;
+$opt_password = undef();
+$opt_tcp_ip = 0;
+$opt_user = "root";
+$opt_version = 0;
+$opt_silent = 0;
+$opt_verbose = 0;
+$opt_wsrep_new_cluster = 0;
+
+my $my_print_defaults_exists= 1;
+my $logdir= undef();
+
+my ($mysqld, $mysqladmin, $groupids, $homedir, $my_progname);
+
+$homedir = $ENV{HOME};
+$my_progname = $0;
+$my_progname =~ s/.*[\/]//;
+
+
+if (defined($ENV{UMASK})) {
+ my $UMASK = $ENV{UMASK};
+ my $m;
+ my $fmode = "0640";
+
+ if(($UMASK =~ m/[^0246]/) || ($UMASK =~ m/^[^0]/) || (length($UMASK) != 4)) {
+ printf("UMASK must be a 3-digit mode with an additional leading 0 to indicate octal.\n");
+ printf("The first digit will be corrected to 6, the others may be 0, 2, 4, or 6.\n"); }
+ else {
+ $fmode= substr $UMASK, 2, 2;
+ $fmode= "06${fmode}"; }
+
+ if($fmode != $UMASK) {
+ printf("UMASK corrected from $UMASK to $fmode ...\n"); }
+
+ $fmode= oct($fmode);
+
+ umask($fmode);
+}
+
+
+main();
+
+####
+#### main sub routine
+####
+
+sub main
+{
+ my $flag_exit= 0;
+
+ if (!defined(my_which(my_print_defaults)))
+ {
+ # We can't throw out yet, since --version, --help, or --example may
+ # have been given
+ print "WARNING: my_print_defaults command not found.\n";
+ print "Please make sure you have this command available and\n";
+ print "in your path. The command is available from the latest\n";
+ print "MariaDB distribution.\n";
+ $my_print_defaults_exists= 0;
+ }
+
+ # Remove leading defaults options from @ARGV
+ while (@ARGV > 0)
+ {
+ last unless $ARGV[0] =~
+ /^--(?:no-defaults$|(?:defaults-file|defaults-extra-file)=)/;
+ push @defaults_options, (shift @ARGV);
+ }
+
+ foreach (@defaults_options)
+ {
+ $_ = quote_shell_word($_);
+ }
+
+ # Add [mysqld_multi] options to front of @ARGV, ready for GetOptions()
+ unshift @ARGV, defaults_for_group('mysqld_multi');
+
+ # We've already handled --no-defaults, --defaults-file, etc.
+ if (!GetOptions("help", "example", "version", "mysqld=s", "mysqladmin=s",
+ "user=s", "password=s", "log=s", "no-log",
+ "tcp-ip", "silent", "verbose", "wsrep-new-cluster"))
+ {
+ $flag_exit= 1;
+ }
+ usage() if ($opt_help);
+
+ if ($opt_verbose && $opt_silent)
+ {
+ print "Both --verbose and --silent have been given. Some of the warnings ";
+ print "will be disabled\nand some will be enabled.\n\n";
+ }
+
+ init_log() if (!defined($opt_log));
+ $groupids = $ARGV[1];
+ if ($opt_version)
+ {
+ print "$my_progname version $VER by Jani Tolonen\n";
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ example() if ($opt_example);
+ if ($flag_exit)
+ {
+ print "Error with an option, see $my_progname --help for more info.\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ if (!defined(my_which(my_print_defaults)))
+ {
+ print "ABORT: Can't find command 'my_print_defaults'.\n";
+ print "This command is available from the latest MariaDB\n";
+ print "distribution. Please make sure you have the command\n";
+ print "in your PATH.\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ usage() if (!defined($ARGV[0]) ||
+ (!($ARGV[0] =~ m/^start$/i) &&
+ !($ARGV[0] =~ m/^stop$/i) &&
+ !($ARGV[0] =~ m/^reload$/i) &&
+ !($ARGV[0] =~ m/^report$/i)));
+
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("$my_progname log file version $VER; run: ",
+ "$opt_log", 1, 0);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print "$my_progname log file version $VER; run: ";
+ print strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime;
+ print "\n";
+ }
+ if (($ARGV[0] =~ m/^start$/i) || ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^reload$/i))
+ {
+ if (!defined(($mysqld= my_which($opt_mysqld))) && $opt_verbose)
+ {
+ print "WARNING: Couldn't find the default mysqld binary.\n";
+ print "Tried: $opt_mysqld\n";
+ print "This is OK, if you are using option \"mysqld=...\" in ";
+ print "groups [mysqldN] separately for each.\n\n";
+ }
+ if ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^start$/i) {
+ start_mysqlds();
+ } elsif ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^reload$/i) {
+ reload_mysqlds();
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (!defined(($mysqladmin= my_which($opt_mysqladmin))) && $opt_verbose)
+ {
+ print "WARNING: Couldn't find the default mysqladmin binary.\n";
+ print "Tried: $opt_mysqladmin\n";
+ print "This is OK, if you are using option \"mysqladmin=...\" in ";
+ print "groups [mysqldN] separately for each.\n\n";
+ }
+ if ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^report$/i)
+ {
+ report_mysqlds();
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ stop_mysqlds();
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+#
+# Quote word for shell
+#
+
+sub quote_shell_word
+{
+ my ($option)= @_;
+
+ $option =~ s!([^\w=./-])!\\$1!g;
+ return $option;
+}
+
+####
+#### get options for a group
+####
+
+sub defaults_for_group
+{
+ my ($group) = @_;
+
+ return () unless $my_print_defaults_exists;
+
+ my $com= join ' ', 'my_print_defaults', @defaults_options, $group;
+ my @defaults = `$com`;
+ chomp @defaults;
+ return @defaults;
+}
+
+####
+#### Init log file. Check for appropriate place for log file, in the following
+#### order: my_print_defaults mysqld datadir, @localstatedir@
+####
+
+sub init_log
+{
+ foreach my $opt (defaults_for_group('--mysqld'))
+ {
+ if ($opt =~ m/^--datadir=(.*)/ && -d "$1" && -w "$1")
+ {
+ $logdir= $1;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!defined($logdir))
+ {
+ $logdir= "@localstatedir@" if (-d "@localstatedir@" && -w "@localstatedir@");
+ }
+ if (!defined($logdir))
+ {
+ # Log file was not specified and we could not log to a standard place,
+ # so log file be disabled for now.
+ if (!$opt_silent)
+ {
+ print "WARNING: Log file disabled. Maybe directory or file isn't writable?\n";
+ }
+ $opt_no_log= 1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $opt_log= "$logdir/mysqld_multi.log";
+ }
+}
+
+####
+#### Report living and not running MariaDB servers
+####
+
+sub report_mysqlds
+{
+ my (@groups, $com, $i, @options, $pec);
+
+ print "Reporting MariaDB servers\n";
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("\nReporting MariaDB servers","$opt_log",0,0);
+ }
+ @groups = &find_groups($groupids);
+ for ($i = 0; defined($groups[$i]); $i++)
+ {
+ $com= get_mysqladmin_options($i, @groups);
+ $com.= " ping >> /dev/null 2>&1";
+ system($com);
+ $pec = $? >> 8;
+ if ($pec)
+ {
+ print "MariaDB server from group: $groups[$i] is not running\n";
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("MariaDB server from group: $groups[$i] is not running",
+ "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print "MariaDB server from group: $groups[$i] is running\n";
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("MariaDB server from group: $groups[$i] is running",
+ "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if (!$i)
+ {
+ print "No groups to be reported (check your GNRs)\n";
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("No groups to be reported (check your GNRs)", "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+####
+#### start multiple servers
+####
+
+sub start_mysqlds()
+{
+ my (@groups, $com, $tmp, $i, @options, $j, $mysqld_found, $suffix_found, $info_sent);
+
+ $suffix_found= 0;
+
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("\nStarting MariaDB servers\n","$opt_log",0,0);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print "\nStarting MariaDB servers\n";
+ }
+ @groups = &find_groups($groupids);
+ for ($i = 0; defined($groups[$i]); $i++)
+ {
+ @options = defaults_for_group($groups[$i]);
+
+ $basedir_found= 0; # The default
+ $mysqld_found= 1; # The default
+ $mysqld_found= 0 if (!length($mysqld));
+ $com= "$mysqld";
+
+ for ($j = 0, $tmp= ""; defined($options[$j]); $j++)
+ {
+ if ("--datadir=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 10)) {
+ $datadir = $options[$j];
+ $datadir =~ s/\-\-datadir\=//;
+ eval { mkpath($datadir) };
+ if ($@) {
+ print "FATAL ERROR: Cannot create data directory $datadir: $!\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ if (! -d $datadir."/mysql") {
+ if (-w $datadir) {
+ print "\n\nInstalling new database in $datadir\n\n";
+ $install_cmd="@bindir@/mysql_install_db ";
+ $install_cmd.="--user=mysql ";
+ $install_cmd.="--datadir=$datadir";
+ system($install_cmd);
+ } else {
+ print "\n";
+ print "FATAL ERROR: Tried to create mysqld under group [$groups[$i]],\n";
+ print "but the data directory is not writable.\n";
+ print "data directory used: $datadir\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (! -d $datadir."/mysql") {
+ print "\n";
+ print "FATAL ERROR: Tried to start mysqld under group [$groups[$i]],\n";
+ print "but no data directory was found or could be created.\n";
+ print "data directory used: $datadir\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ("--mysqladmin=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 13))
+ {
+ # catch this and ignore
+ }
+ elsif ("--mysqld=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 9))
+ {
+ $options[$j]=~ s/\-\-mysqld\=//;
+ $com= $options[$j];
+ $mysqld_found= 1;
+ }
+ elsif ("--basedir=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 10))
+ {
+ $basedir= $options[$j];
+ $basedir =~ s/^--basedir=//;
+ $basedir_found= 1;
+ $options[$j]= quote_shell_word($options[$j]);
+ $tmp.= " $options[$j]";
+ }
+ elsif ("--defaults-group-suffix=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 24))
+ {
+ $suffix_found= 1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $options[$j]= quote_shell_word($options[$j]);
+ $tmp.= " $options[$j]";
+ }
+ }
+ if ($opt_verbose && $com =~ m/\/(mariadbd-safe)$/ && !$info_sent)
+ {
+ print "WARNING: $1 is being used to start mariadbd. In this case you ";
+ print "may need to pass\n\"ledir=...\" under groups [mysqldN] to ";
+ print "$1 in order to find the actual mysqld binary.\n";
+ print "ledir (library executable directory) should be the path to the ";
+ print "wanted mysqld binary.\n\n";
+ $info_sent= 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!$suffix_found)
+ {
+ $com.= " --defaults-group-suffix=";
+ $com.= substr($groups[$i],6);
+ }
+
+ $com.= $tmp;
+
+ if ($opt_wsrep_new_cluster) {
+ $com.= " --wsrep-new-cluster";
+ }
+
+ $com.= " >> $opt_log 2>&1" if (!$opt_no_log);
+ $com.= " &";
+ if (!$mysqld_found)
+ {
+ print "\n";
+ print "FATAL ERROR: Tried to start mysqld under group [$groups[$i]], ";
+ print "but no mysqld binary was found.\n";
+ print "Please add \"mysqld=...\" in group [mysqld_multi], or add it to ";
+ print "group [$groups[$i]] separately.\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ if ($basedir_found)
+ {
+ $curdir=getcwd();
+ chdir($basedir) or die "Can't change to datadir $basedir";
+ }
+ system($com);
+ if ($basedir_found)
+ {
+ chdir($curdir) or die "Can't change back to original dir $curdir";
+ }
+ }
+ if (!$i && !$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("No MariaDB servers to be started (check your GNRs)",
+ "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+}
+
+####
+#### reload multiple servers
+####
+
+sub reload_mysqlds()
+{
+ my (@groups, $com, $tmp, $i, @options, $j);
+
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("\nReloading MySQL servers\n","$opt_log",0,0);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print "\nReloading MySQL servers\n";
+ }
+ @groups = &find_groups($groupids);
+ for ($i = 0; defined($groups[$i]); $i++)
+ {
+ $mysqld_server = $mysqld;
+ @options = defaults_for_group($groups[$i]);
+
+ for ($j = 0, $tmp= ""; defined($options[$j]); $j++)
+ {
+ if ("--mysqladmin=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 13))
+ {
+ # catch this and ignore
+ }
+ elsif ("--mysqld=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 9))
+ {
+ $options[$j] =~ s/\-\-mysqld\=//;
+ $mysqld_server = $options[$j];
+ }
+ elsif ("--pid-file=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 11))
+ {
+ $options[$j] =~ s/\-\-pid-file\=//;
+ $pid_file = $options[$j];
+ }
+ }
+ $com = "killproc -p $pid_file -HUP $mysqld_server";
+ system($com);
+
+ $com = "touch $pid_file";
+ system($com);
+ }
+ if (!$i && !$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("No MySQL servers to be reloaded (check your GNRs)",
+ "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+}
+
+###
+#### stop multiple servers
+####
+
+sub stop_mysqlds()
+{
+ my (@groups, $com, $i, @options);
+
+ if (!$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("\nStopping MariaDB servers\n","$opt_log",0,0);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print "\nStopping MariaDB servers\n";
+ }
+ @groups = &find_groups($groupids);
+ for ($i = 0; defined($groups[$i]); $i++)
+ {
+ $com= get_mysqladmin_options($i, @groups);
+ $com.= " shutdown";
+ $com.= " >> $opt_log 2>&1" if (!$opt_no_log);
+ $com.= " &";
+ system($com);
+ }
+ if (!$i && !$opt_no_log)
+ {
+ w2log("No MariaDB servers to be stopped (check your GNRs)",
+ "$opt_log", 0, 0);
+ }
+}
+
+####
+#### Sub function for mysqladmin option parsing
+####
+
+sub get_mysqladmin_options
+{
+ my ($i, @groups)= @_;
+ my ($mysqladmin_found, $com, $tmp, $j);
+
+ @options = defaults_for_group($groups[$i]);
+
+ $mysqladmin_found= 1; # The default
+ $mysqladmin_found= 0 if (!length($mysqladmin));
+ $com = "$mysqladmin";
+ $tmp = " -u $opt_user";
+ if (defined($opt_password)) {
+ my $pw= $opt_password;
+ # Protect single quotes in password
+ $pw =~ s/'/'"'"'/g;
+ $tmp.= " -p'$pw'";
+ }
+ $tmp.= $opt_tcp_ip ? " -h 127.0.0.1" : "";
+ for ($j = 0; defined($options[$j]); $j++)
+ {
+ if ("--mysqladmin=" eq substr($options[$j], 0, 13))
+ {
+ $options[$j]=~ s/\-\-mysqladmin\=//;
+ $com= $options[$j];
+ $mysqladmin_found= 1;
+ }
+ elsif ((($options[$j] =~ m/^(\-\-socket\=)(.*)$/) && !$opt_tcp_ip) ||
+ ($options[$j] =~ m/^(\-\-port\=)(.*)$/))
+ {
+ $tmp.= " $options[$j]";
+ }
+ }
+ if (!$mysqladmin_found)
+ {
+ print "\n";
+ print "FATAL ERROR: Tried to use mysqladmin in group [$groups[$i]], ";
+ print "but no mysqladmin binary was found.\n";
+ print "Please add \"mysqladmin=...\" in group [mysqld_multi], or ";
+ print "in group [$groups[$i]].\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ $com.= $tmp;
+ return $com;
+}
+
+# Return a list of option files which can be opened. Similar, but not
+# identical, to behavior of my_search_option_files()
+# TODO implement and use my_print_defaults --list-groups instead
+sub list_defaults_files
+{
+ my %opt;
+ foreach (@defaults_options)
+ {
+ return () if /^--no-defaults$/;
+ $opt{$1} = $2 if /^--defaults-(extra-file|file)=(.*)$/;
+ }
+
+ return ($opt{file}) if exists $opt{file};
+
+ my @dirs;
+
+ # same rule as in mysys/my_default.c
+ if ('@sysconfdir@') {
+ push @dirs, '@sysconfdir@/my.cnf';
+ } else {
+ push @dirs, '/etc/my.cnf', '/etc/mysql/my.cnf';
+ }
+ push @dirs, "$ENV{MYSQL_HOME}/my.cnf" if $ENV{MYSQL_HOME};
+ push @dirs, $opt{'extra-file'} if $opt{'extra-file'};
+ push @dirs, "$ENV{HOME}/.my.cnf" if $ENV{HOME};
+
+ return @dirs;
+}
+
+
+# Takes a specification of GNRs (see --help), and returns a list of matching
+# groups which actually are mentioned in a relevant config file
+sub find_groups
+{
+ my ($raw_gids) = @_;
+
+ my %gids;
+ my @groups;
+
+ if (defined($raw_gids))
+ {
+ # Make a hash of the wanted group ids
+ foreach my $raw_gid (split ',', $raw_gids)
+ {
+ # Match 123 or 123-456
+ my ($start, $end) = ($raw_gid =~ /^\s*(\d+)(?:\s*-\s*(\d+))?\s*$/);
+ $end = $start if not defined $end;
+ if (not defined $start or $end < $start or $start < 0)
+ {
+ print "ABORT: Bad GNR: $raw_gid; see $my_progname --help\n";
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ foreach my $i ($start .. $end)
+ {
+ # Use $i + 0 to normalize numbers (002 + 0 -> 2)
+ $gids{$i + 0}= 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ my %seen;
+ my @defaults_files = list_defaults_files();
+ while (@defaults_files)
+ {
+ my $file = shift @defaults_files;
+ next unless defined $file and not $seen{$file}++ and open CONF, '<', $file;
+
+ while (<CONF>)
+ {
+ if (/^\s*\[\s*(mysqld)(\d+)\s*\]\s*$/)
+ {
+ #warn "Found a group: $1$2\n";
+ # Use $2 + 0 to normalize numbers (002 + 0 -> 2)
+ if (not defined($raw_gids) or $gids{$2 + 0})
+ {
+ push @groups, "$1$2";
+ }
+ }
+ elsif (/^\s*!include\s+(\S.*?)\s*$/)
+ {
+ push @defaults_files, $1;
+ }
+ elsif (/^\s*!includedir\s+(\S.*?)\s*$/)
+ {
+ push @defaults_files, <$1/*.cnf>;
+ }
+ }
+
+ close CONF;
+ }
+ return @groups;
+}
+
+####
+#### w2log: Write to a logfile.
+#### 1.arg: append to the log file (given string, or from a file. if a file,
+#### file will be read from $opt_logdir)
+#### 2.arg: logfile -name (w2log assumes that the logfile is in $opt_logdir).
+#### 3.arg. 0 | 1, if true, print current date to the logfile. 3. arg will
+#### be ignored, if 1. arg is a file.
+#### 4.arg. 0 | 1, if true, first argument is a file, else a string
+####
+
+sub w2log
+{
+ my ($msg, $file, $date_flag, $is_file)= @_;
+ my (@data);
+
+ open (LOGFILE, ">>$opt_log")
+ or die "FATAL: w2log: Couldn't open log file: $opt_log\n";
+
+ if ($is_file)
+ {
+ open (FROMFILE, "<$msg") && (@data=<FROMFILE>) &&
+ close(FROMFILE)
+ or die "FATAL: w2log: Couldn't open file: $msg\n";
+ foreach my $line (@data)
+ {
+ print LOGFILE "$line";
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ print LOGFILE "$msg";
+ print LOGFILE strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime if ($date_flag);
+ print LOGFILE "\n";
+ }
+ close (LOGFILE);
+ return;
+}
+
+####
+#### my_which is used, because we can't assume that every system has the
+#### which -command. my_which can take only one argument at a time.
+#### Return values: requested system command with the first found path,
+#### or undefined, if not found.
+####
+
+sub my_which
+{
+ my ($command) = @_;
+ my (@paths, $path);
+
+ # If the argument is not 'my_print_defaults' then it would be of the format
+ # <absolute_path>/<program>
+ return $command if ($command ne 'my_print_defaults' && -f $command &&
+ -x $command);
+
+ @paths = split(':', $ENV{'PATH'});
+ foreach $path (@paths)
+ {
+ $path .= "/$command";
+ return $path if (-f $path && -x $path);
+ }
+ return undef();
+}
+
+
+####
+#### example
+####
+
+sub example
+{
+ print <<EOF;
+# This is an example of a my.cnf file for $my_progname.
+# Usually this file is located in home dir ~/.my.cnf or @sysconfdir@/my.cnf
+#
+# SOME IMPORTANT NOTES FOLLOW:
+#
+# 1.COMMON USER
+#
+# Make sure that the MariaDB user, who is stopping the mysqld services, has
+# the same password to all MariaDB servers being accessed by $my_progname.
+# This user needs to have the 'Shutdown_priv' -privilege, but for security
+# reasons should have no other privileges. It is advised that you create a
+# common 'multi_admin' user for all MariaDB servers being controlled by
+# $my_progname. Here is an example how to do it:
+#
+# GRANT SHUTDOWN ON *.* TO multi_admin\@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'
+#
+# You will need to apply the above to all MariaDB servers that are being
+# controlled by $my_progname. 'multi_admin' will shutdown the servers
+# using 'mysqladmin' -binary, when '$my_progname stop' is being called.
+#
+# 2.PID-FILE
+#
+# If you are using mariadbd-safe to start mariadbd, make sure that every
+# MariaDB server has a separate pid-file. In order to use mariadbd-safe
+# via $my_progname, you need to use two options:
+#
+# mysqld=/path/to/mariadbd-safe
+# ledir=/path/to/mariadbd-binary/
+#
+# ledir (library executable directory), is an option that only mariadbd-safe
+# accepts, so you will get an error if you try to pass it to mysqld directly.
+# For this reason you might want to use the above options within [mysqld#]
+# group directly.
+#
+# 3.DATA DIRECTORY
+#
+# It is NOT advised to run many MariaDB servers within the same data directory.
+# You can do so, but please make sure to understand and deal with the
+# underlying caveats. In short they are:
+# - Speed penalty
+# - Risk of table/data corruption
+# - Data synchronising problems between the running servers
+# - Heavily media (disk) bound
+# - Relies on the system (external) file locking
+# - Is not applicable with all table types. (Such as InnoDB)
+# Trying so will end up with undesirable results.
+#
+# 4.TCP/IP Port
+#
+# Every server requires one and it must be unique.
+#
+# 5.[mysqld#] Groups
+#
+# In the example below the first and the fifth mysqld group was
+# intentionally left out. You may have 'gaps' in the config file. This
+# gives you more flexibility.
+#
+# 6.MariaDB Server User
+#
+# You can pass the user=... option inside [mysqld#] groups. This
+# can be very handy in some cases, but then you need to run $my_progname
+# as UNIX root.
+#
+# 7.A Start-up Manage Script for $my_progname
+#
+# In the recent MariaDB distributions you can find a file called
+# mysqld_multi.server.sh. It is a wrapper for $my_progname. This can
+# be used to start and stop multiple servers during boot and shutdown.
+#
+# You can place the file in /etc/init.d/mysqld_multi.server.sh and
+# make the needed symbolic links to it from various run levels
+# (as per Linux/Unix standard). You may even replace the
+# /etc/init.d/mysql.server script with it.
+#
+# Before using, you must create a my.cnf file either in @prefix@/my.cnf
+# or /root/.my.cnf and add the [mysqld_multi] and [mysqld#] groups.
+#
+# The script can be found from support-files/mysqld_multi.server.sh
+# in MariaDB distribution. (Verify the script before using)
+#
+
+[mysqld_multi]
+mysqld = @bindir@/mariadbd-safe
+mysqladmin = @bindir@/mariadb-admin
+user = multi_admin
+password = my_password
+
+[mysqld2]
+socket = /tmp/mysql.sock2
+port = 3307
+pid-file = @localstatedir@2/hostname.pid2
+datadir = @localstatedir@2
+language = @datadir@/mysql/english
+user = unix_user1
+
+[mysqld3]
+mysqld = /path/to/mariadbd-safe
+ledir = /path/to/mariadbd-binary/
+mysqladmin = /path/to/mariadb-admin
+socket = /tmp/mysql.sock3
+port = 3308
+pid-file = @localstatedir@3/hostname.pid3
+datadir = @localstatedir@3
+language = @datadir@/mysql/swedish
+user = unix_user2
+
+[mysqld4]
+socket = /tmp/mysql.sock4
+port = 3309
+pid-file = @localstatedir@4/hostname.pid4
+datadir = @localstatedir@4
+language = @datadir@/mysql/estonia
+user = unix_user3
+
+[mysqld6]
+socket = /tmp/mysql.sock6
+port = 3311
+pid-file = @localstatedir@6/hostname.pid6
+datadir = @localstatedir@6
+language = @datadir@/mysql/japanese
+user = unix_user4
+EOF
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+####
+#### usage
+####
+
+sub usage
+{
+ print <<EOF;
+$my_progname version $VER by Jani Tolonen
+
+Description:
+$my_progname can be used to start, reload, or stop any number of separate
+mysqld processes running in different TCP/IP ports and UNIX sockets.
+
+$my_progname can read group [mysqld_multi] from my.cnf file. You may
+want to put options mysqld=... and mysqladmin=... there. Since
+version 2.10 these options can also be given under groups [mysqld#],
+which gives more control over different versions. One can have the
+default mysqld and mysqladmin under group [mysqld_multi], but this is
+not mandatory. Please note that if mysqld or mysqladmin is missing
+from both [mysqld_multi] and [mysqld#], a group that is tried to be
+used, $my_progname will abort with an error.
+
+$my_progname will search for groups named [mysqld#] from my.cnf (or
+the given --defaults-extra-file=...), where '#' can be any positive
+integer starting from 1. These groups should be the same as the regular
+[mysqld] group, but with those port, socket and any other options
+that are to be used with each separate mysqld process. The number
+in the group name has another function; it can be used for starting,
+reloading, stopping, or reporting any specific mysqld server.
+
+Usage: $my_progname [OPTIONS] {start|reload|stop|report} [GNR,GNR,GNR...]
+or $my_progname [OPTIONS] {start|reload|stop|report} [GNR-GNR,GNR,GNR-GNR,...]
+
+The GNR means the group number. You can start, reload, stop or report any GNR,
+or several of them at the same time. (See --example) The GNRs list can
+be comma separated or a dash combined. The latter means that all the
+GNRs between GNR1-GNR2 will be affected. Without GNR argument all the
+groups found will either be started, reloaded, stopped, or reported. Note that
+syntax for specifying GNRs must appear without spaces.
+
+Options:
+
+These options must be given before any others:
+--no-defaults Do not read any defaults file
+--defaults-file=... Read only this configuration file, do not read the
+ standard system-wide and user-specific files
+--defaults-extra-file=... Read this configuration file in addition to the
+ standard system-wide and user-specific files
+Using: @{[join ' ', @defaults_options]}
+
+--example Give an example of a config file with extra information.
+--help Print this help and exit.
+--log=... Log file. Full path to and the name for the log file. NOTE:
+ If the file exists, everything will be appended.
+ Using: $opt_log
+--mysqladmin=... mysqladmin binary to be used for a server shutdown.
+ Since version 2.10 this can be given within groups [mysqld#]
+ Using: $mysqladmin
+--mysqld=... mariadbd binary to be used. Note that you can give mariadbd-safe
+ to this option also. The options are passed to mysqld. Just
+ make sure you have mariadbd in your PATH or fix mariadbd-safe.
+ Using: $mysqld
+ Please note: Since mysqld_multi version 2.3 you can also
+ give this option inside groups [mysqld#] in ~/.my.cnf,
+ where '#' stands for an integer (number) of the group in
+ question. This will be recognised as a special option and
+ will not be passed to the mysqld. This will allow one to
+ start different mysqld versions with mysqld_multi.
+--no-log Print to stdout instead of the log file. By default the log
+ file is turned on.
+--password=... Password for mysqladmin user.
+--silent Disable warnings.
+--tcp-ip Connect to the MariaDB server(s) via the TCP/IP port instead
+ of the UNIX socket. This affects stopping and reporting.
+ If a socket file is missing, the server may still be
+ running, but can be accessed only via the TCP/IP port.
+ By default connecting is done via the UNIX socket.
+--user=... mysqladmin user. Using: $opt_user
+--verbose Be more verbose.
+--version Print the version number and exit.
+--wsrep-new-cluster Bootstrap a cluster.
+EOF
+ exit(0);
+}