SET GLOBAL innodb_encrypt_tables = ON; SET GLOBAL innodb_encryption_threads = 1; SET GLOBAL innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct = 99; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_encrypt%'; Variable_name Value innodb_encrypt_log OFF innodb_encrypt_tables ON innodb_encrypt_temporary_tables OFF innodb_encryption_rotate_key_age 1 innodb_encryption_rotation_iops 100 innodb_encryption_threads 1 CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 CHAR(255), f3 CHAR(255), f4 CHAR(255), f5 CHAR(255))ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, "mysql", "mariadb", "batman", "superman"); INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; # Wait max 10 min for key encryption threads to encrypt all spaces OPTIMIZE TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 optimize note Table does not support optimize, doing recreate + analyze instead test.t1 optimize status OK ALTER TABLE t1 FORCE; # Kill the server DROP TABLE t1;